If the failed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile taught us anything, it's how our new smartphone-driven lifestyle is driving mobile carriers to resort to extreme measures in order to slow sinking profits caused by the high cost of pouring data into our pockets.
Though signs of optimism had been flickering for weeks, AT&T announced their decision to drop its proposal to merge with T-Mobile on Monday, citing pressure from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice.
After speeding towards the precipice of total failure, AT&T won a little victory in its controversial quest to merge with T-Mobile by winning a federal judge's permission to delay the court case until next year.
The two cell phone companies caught with their hands in the cookie jar for taking users' thought-to-be private data sent talking points to their service reps saying how exactly they should explain to customers that it's OK for them to secretly collect data.
Celia Aarons has a $201,000 bill from T-Mobile and her two, deaf-mute brothers are to blame.
The underdog mobile carrier says the merger would lead to "higher prices and less innovation"
AT&T faces an uphill battle, and most reactions are pessimistic
The government says combining the two major wireless carriers will stifle competition
If regulators approve the T-Mobile purchase, AT&T will bring back 5,000 call-center jobs
A string of bad publicity and an accidental leak has soured the fortunes of AT&T
The NAACP finds itself in a controversy soon after GLAAD withdraws its support
Dismayed members of the gay community call for GLAAD's president to resign
The president of GLAAD urges the FCC to approve the T-Mobile acquisition. But why?
The third place mobile company says the merger won't add value to consumers
The wireless merger plan will test the Obama administration's antitrust policy
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