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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Air France crash sparks pilot mystery 27 May 2011 U.N. sees risk of crisis of confidence in dollar 25 May 2011 Palin welcome in Arizona neighborhood, media less so 27 May 2011 Exclusive: Hackers breached U.S. defense contractors 27 May 2011 New Idol McCreery aiming for Billboard Hot 100 top 10 27 May 2011 Discussed 129 As hours tick by, ”Judgment Day” looks a dud 105 Broadcaster silent as Judgment Day hours tick by 94 Obama departs for Europe trip, explores Irish roots Watched GM pulls the plug Fri, May 27 2011 Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Deadly Missouri tornado captured on video Mon, May 23 2011 FCC asks AT&T about spectrum claims Tweet Share this WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal telecommunications regulators have asked AT&T Inc for more information on its planned merger with T-Mobile USA, including claims on spectrum shortages, coverage overlaps and plans to close facilities. AT&T's... Email Print Related News California may review AT&T/T-Mobile USA deal Fri, May 27 2011 Google takes wraps off pay-by-phone system Thu, May 26 2011 UPDATE 4-Google takes wraps off pay-by-phone system Thu, May 26 2011 Republicans, Democrats skeptical of AT&T deal Thu, May 26 2011 Ira Sohn Highlights: Chanos negative on First Solar, Vestas Thu, May 26 2011 Analysis & Opinion A cloudy forecast for digital music Growing investments in Africa: telecom and oil Related Topics Technology » Deals » Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 » Inflows Outflows » Regulatory News » Reflections are seen in the window of an AT&T store in New York March 21, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON | Fri May 27, 2011 6:12pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal telecommunications regulators have asked AT&T Inc for more information on its planned merger with T-Mobile USA, including claims on spectrum shortages, coverage overlaps and plans to close facilities. AT&T's plan to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion has been attacked as a bad idea because it would further reduce the number of wireless carriers. The Federal Communications Commission, in a filing posted on its website on Friday, asked the companies for all analyses and plans it had drawn up to deal with spectrum shortages. AT&T, the second largest wireless carrier, had cited spectrum shortages as the key reason for its decision to buy T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest U.S. mobile provider. The deal would vault AT&T over current market leader Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc. The FCC, which must approve the deal for it to go forward, asked for information about under-used capacity, and the companies' future plans. It also had questions about whether subscribers who changed to another company did so because of pricing issues or service quality. The agency asked for a list of areas where AT&T would no longer need to arrange roaming agreements. The FCC said it wanted AT&T and T-Mobile USA to provide any plans it had drawn up to raise prices or change other terms for providing "backhaul" -- the wired network that connects cellular towers -- to small carriers. This issue has been hotly discussed as smaller carriers say they fear that a bigger AT&T would charge them more for leasing wired connections to their cellular towers -- potentially pricing them out of the market. AT&T has sought to allay those worries by saying that also must buy backhaul, and that it is good business for them to continue selling it. Among other points, the FCC asked for information about coverage overlaps between AT&T and T-Mobile USA's network -- where cell sites or other facilities would be consolidated and or decommissioned as a result of the merger. In addition to the FCC, the Justice Department must approve the deal. AT&T notified five states about it. Louisiana has said it will open an investigation of the deal while California is also mulling a review. If approved as proposed, the deal would concentrate 80 percent of U.S. wireless contract customers in just two companies: AT&T/T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Additionally, critics say the loss of discount carrier T-Mobile USA could lead to higher prices for consumers. Critics of the deal include No. 3 U.S. mobile provider Sprint Nextel. (Editing by Richard Chang) Technology Deals Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 Inflows Outflows Regulatory News Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (1) DBoo wrote: AT&T and Verizon = The Most Expensive Wireless Plans in America. We know where Verizon (the 10th leading U.S. lobbyist) and AT&T (the 12th leading U.S. lobbyist) get all that money to run commercials 24×7, pay out huge “fat cat” executive bonuses and hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists to push the U.S. market into a wireless industry duopoly — the American consumer. Taking into account the whole U.S. market, a combination of Dallas-based AT&T and T-Mobile may raise the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI), an accepted measure of market concentration, to 3,216 from 2,848, according to a Bloomberg analysis. Any score above 2,500 can indicate a highly concentrated market, and an increase of more than 200 points is “likely to enhance market power,” according to federal guidelines. If this ridiculous deal goes through, Sprint will be the only low-priced post-paid national wireless carrier left in the United States. T-Mobile customers are already fleeing to Sprint because they know they won’t get low prices from AT&T or Verizon. But AT&T and Verizon are two of the top corporate lobbyists in the country, so I’m sure the Feds are happy to oblige anything they want to do to secure a stranglehold on the market at the expense of the consumer. - Pricing: Controlling approximately 80 percent of the market would give the Twin Bells significant, unchecked leverage to increase prices for consumers for voice and data. - Last Mile Access: Control of most of our nation’s vast wireline infrastructure and the critical “last mile” offers the duopolists the ability to raise competitors’ costs, reduce their network quality and quash competitive alternatives. - Choice: Next-generation smartphone and tablet manufacturers would be discouraged from partnering with any company other than AT&T or Verizon because of their massive scale, limiting choice to consumers and opportunity for manufacturers. - Innovation: Content and application developers would lack incentive to create content for companies other than the Twin Bells, diminishing innovation and harming developers as well as the capital markets that fund them. 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