AT&T Denies All Claims in Lawsuits by Sprint, Cellular South

AT&T denied all claims in antitrust lawsuits by Sprint Nextel and Cellular South over its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA. AT&T, in separate filings in federal court in Washington, rejected Sprint and Cellular South’s allegations that the $39 billion transaction would harm the companies’ ability to compete in the wireless mobile phone market. “The expansion of capacity and other overwhelming efficiencies that will result from this transaction will benefit consumers, such that the transaction is in the public interest,” AT&T said.