Posted from Corporate Tool 140 days ago
Monday night, AT&T and TMO announced their $39B merger was dead. The only surprise was that they did it so quickly; as I've written before, there was a real danger that egos would prevail and AT&T would distract itself by fighting a losing battle with the regulators rather than turning its attention to competing with Verizon.I went on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning (sorry; no video link) to offer my thoughts on whether AT&T had made a bad bet. I'll repeat and expand what I said there: It was a risky bet - which is why TMO, advised by my former counsel at Wachtell, insisted...
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