Group of state AGs support AT&T deal

Eleven state attorneys general from both parties urged the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department to approve AT&T's $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile.

"Our citizens need and deserve the public interest benefits that this merger will generate — expanded LTE deployment to 97% of the population; fewer dropped calls; faster broadband; and expanded and rapid capacity — which will benefit consumers and businesses across the country," the officials wrote in the letter. They said they would support conditions on the merger to protect local competition and ensure the deal was in the public interest.