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AT&T considers bigger asset sale to save T-Mobile deal

Rue Liu, Nov 25th 2011 Discuss [12]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion has collapsed following reports that the FCC was requesting an administrative hearing regarding the deal. In a pre-emptive move, AT&T withdrew its T-Mobile proposal from the FCC and added the $4 billion breakup charge to its Q4 2011 finances. However, a source from Bloomberg is now claiming that AT&T may be considering one last plea of offering to sell more assets to save the T-Mobile deal. Read The Full Story

AT&T and T-Mobile USA flounder as disaster deal crumbles

Chris Davies, Nov 25th 2011 Discuss [7]

AT&T and Deutsche Telekom's decision to withdraw their FCC merger application yesterday is a sign that the deal is dead in the water, analysts and industry agrees, with the final question not whether the acquisition goes ahead but how much pain each carrier suffers as it fails. Deutsche Telecom is expected to in effect sink T-Mobile USA rather than commit the investments the carrier needs in order to remain competitive in the US market, though the exact way in which the company would be shuttered is unclear. Read The Full Story

AT&T yanks T-Mobile FCC bid, cops $4bn pre-emptive charges

Chris Davies, Nov 24th 2011 Discuss [6]

AT&T has announced it is withdrawing its application to buy T-Mobile USA from the FCC, adding a $4bn charge to its Q4 2011 finances in anticipation of potential breakup fees, but insists that this isn’t the end of its acquisition plans. Instead, the carrier says, it and Deutsche Telekom AG intend to “focus their continuing efforts on obtaining antitrust clearance for the transaction from the Department of Justice” and will re-attempt FCC approval after that has been achieved. Nonetheless, the addition of the hefty penalty charge is an ominous acknowledgement to investors that the deal is on very shaky ground.

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AT&T, T-Mobile deal faces new obstacle from FCC

Rue Liu, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion is facing another setback. The deal is already being challenged by the Justice Department, which has filed a lawsuit against the merger back in August. And now, according to the WSJ, the FCC is requesting an administrative hearing on the proposed deal. It's rare for the FCC to do this and it's not a good sign for AT&T and T-Mobile. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon bands hits the FCC

Rue Liu, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet has made its way to the FCC again, but this time around it's packing cellular bands that will support almost all major US carriers, including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Although the already launched WiFi-only version of the tablet hasn't been making waves, it does offer many unique features designed for business users. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu Arrows F-07D clears the FCC as world’s thinnest smartphone

Rue Liu, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

The Fujitsu Arrows F-07D has just passed through the FCC and will likely become the next thinnest smartphone in the world when it hits the market early next year. The DROID RAZR currently boasts that title, measuring in at 7.1mm thin, but the Arrows F-07D gets even leaner with only 6.7mm in thinness. Read The Full Story

Dell’s ultra-thin notebooks with SSDs hit the FCC

Rue Liu, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [5]

Dell apparently has two ultra-thin notebooks getting ready to hit the market, as they've turned up this week at the FCC. The notebooks sport super lean bodies and SSD storage drives that suggest they may be in the Ultrabooks category to compete with the MacBook Air. But they also manage to squeeze in plenty of ports that should be an advantage. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus visits FCC with AT&T’s HSPA+

Rue Liu, Nov 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus has surfaced at the FCC today with HSPA+ bands in tow that suggest it may soon be heading to AT&T. The WiFi-only version of the slick 7-inch tablet has already begun shipping here in the US from major retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon starting at $399. But if having a cellular connection for your Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is important, you likely won't have to wait long. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Nexus hits the FCC, Verizon launch incoming

Chris Burns, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [31]

This week the next Google hero phone Galaxy Nexus, as manufactured by Samsung, can be seen passing through the FCC with 4G LTE capabilities, this signaling that the impending launch of said phone might not be too far off. As you know we've gotten more than one hands-on experience with this device already, once in Hong Kong and another time in London where we got to compare it to the other Samsung hero coming up: the Galaxy Note. We can expect a release date for this device to be something soon, more than likely inside November. Read The Full Story

Motorola Lapdock 500 spied at FCC, Droid Razr tags along

Shane McGlaun, Nov 11th 2011 Discuss [6]

Motorola has been offering Lapdocks for some of it smartphones for a while now. These things look like notebooks, but are docks for smartphones that take some of the stuff you see on the screen of the smartphone and put it on a larger notebook size display. The keyboard of the Lapdock makes it easier to work, email, and text from your smartphone when using one of the docks. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime visits the FCC

Rue Liu, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

ASUS is following up its successful Eee Pad Transformer tablet with the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, which is rumored to launch a week from now on November 9. Further supporting that schedule are documents for the tablet turning up at the FCC today, indicating that the slate is approved and indeed on its way for an imminent launch. And this time, it's sporting a much sleeker look, measuring only 8.3mm thin, consistent with the company's Ultrabook design. Read The Full Story

Huawei MediaPad tipped by FCC for T-Mobile

Shane McGlaun, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are a fan of the T-Mobile Network and you have, your sights set on a new tablet with a low price you want to keep your eyes on the Huawei MediaPad. This little tablet has turned up on the FCC website and is headed to T-Mo. The tablet has some nice features, but the best feature may be the price said to be $200 on contract. Read The Full Story