Utility Consumers’ Action Network urges FCC to Reject AT&T/T-Mobile

New Media Rights, Utility Consumers’ Action Network, and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse are urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny AT&T’s
application for acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

Should this transaction be completed, a major nation-wide competitor will be eliminated, giving AT&T approximately 40% of the nation-wide mobile wireless market, and creating an effective duopoly where together, AT&T and Verizon Wireless together hold nearly 80% of the nation-wide market. The groups discuss the detrimental impact the potential merger will have in numerous areas of the wireless industry, because of 1) AT&T’s anti-innovation history and the lack of net neutrality rules in the wireless space 2) the negative affect on customer service, prices, and variety of services available, and 3) the removal the most privacy-friendly of the four major carriers from the market.