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AT&T hopes to end Sprint legal opposition to T-Mobile USA merger

24 OCT 2011

AT&T is requesting a federal judge reject Sprint Nextel’s lawsuit opposing the proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, reports Bloomberg. AT&T will argue that as a competitor rather than a consumer, Sprint has no right to bring the suit under antitrust law and that the deal would not hurt Sprint’s business, as it claims.

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