AT&T-Mo what happens next?

[Commentary] The question becomes whether in spite of almost unified opposition AT&T stays true to T-Mobile through the court trial scheduled for February 2012, or if T-Mobile’s parent company decides to cut its losses, renegotiates a smaller breakup fee and attempts to find another suitor. The last time the Federal Communications Commission sent a merger to administrative review in 2002, the two parties gave up. So far, AT&T may have cut back on its toughest language, but it hasn’t thrown in the towel. (Nov 22)