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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (2) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Air France crash sparks pilot mystery 30 May 2011 Bus crash in Virginia kills four and injures 54 4:20pm EDT Killer bacteria claims victims in Germany, Sweden | 3:29pm EDT NY Rep. Weiner hires lawyer after alleged Twitter hacking 1:06pm EDT Cheryl Cole out of UK "X Factor" after U.S. hitch 12:47pm EDT Discussed 75 $1 trillion on the table in U.S. debt talks 59 Judge voids controversial Wisconsin union law 51 Speculation grows over Sarah Palin’s 2012 plans Watched Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Massive Australian waterspout caught on film Mon, May 30 2011 GM pulls the plug Fri, May 27 2011 Sprint files to block AT&T/T-Mobile USA deal Tweet Share this NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel has formally asked U.S. regulators to block AT&T Inc's proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA, saying the deal "has no public interest benefit" and would harm competition. Sprint -- the most vocal... Email Print Related News FCC asks AT&T about spectrum claims Fri, May 27 2011 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 Analysis & Opinion Deals wrap: Wanting a bigger voice Growing investments in Africa: telecom and oil Related Topics Technology » Deals » Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 » Inflows Outflows » Reflections are seen in the window of an AT&T store in New York March 21, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK | Tue May 31, 2011 3:51pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel has formally asked U.S. regulators to block AT&T Inc's proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA, saying the deal "has no public interest benefit" and would harm competition. Sprint -- the most vocal opponent of the massive deal that would create a new leader in the U.S. wireless market -- said that even if the Federal Communications Commission forced AT&T to divest assets, it would not be enough. "The proposed transaction would produce no tangible public interest benefits and would impose serious anti-competitive harms that cannot be remedied through divestitures or conditions," Sprint said on Tuesday, the deadline for initial responses to AT&T's application to the FCC. Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator, argued that the deal would raise prices for consumers, and disputed AT&T's argument that it needs T-Mobile USA's spectrum. Rather than needing more spectrum Sprint said AT&T "simply failed to upgrade or invest sufficiently in its network" and argued that AT&T already has enough spectrum to cover 97 percent of Americans with high-speed wireless services. Another Sprint argument is that smaller companies would have less power to moderate service pricing after the deal as the two top carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, would then control about 80 percent of the market. T-Mobile USA is a unit of Deutsche Telekom. Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc. (Reporting by Sinead Carew in New York and Diane Bartz in Washington; editing by Matthew Lewis) Technology Deals Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 Inflows Outflows 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 (2) 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. May 31, 2011 4:32pm EDT -- Report as abuse DBoo wrote: AT&T’s Money At Work Here … AT&T lobbyists push for T-Mobile deal March 28, 2011 For years, AT&T has been one of the biggest political and lobbying forces in town. Last year, it spent $15.3 million and had 93 lobbyists on its roster, including six former lawmakers. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom spent $3 million on lobbying for T-Mobile USA in 2010, armed with 41 lobbyists and one former lawmaker. Many lawmakers have a personal interest in seeing AT&T do well. AT&T ranked as the sixth most popular investment among members of the House and Senate in 2009, the most recent year for which such data is available, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And AT&T is considered a heavy hitter during campaign election cycles. In 2010, donors with links to the company made nearly $4 million in campaign contributions to candidates running for federal office. 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