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The Cost of Fixing AT&T's Network Woes: $39 Billion for T-Mobile Assets

Author: Aditya Kaul, Practice Director, Mobile Networks

Published: 21 Mar 2011

AT&T has made a bold move purchasing T-Mobile USA for US$39 billion. Deutsche Telekom, which owned T-Mobile USA, has agreed to sell it for $25 billion in cash and the remainder in AT&T stock. This makes Deutsche Telekom an AT&T stock holder giving it an 8% stake in the US operator giant. What drove AT&T to make this surprise move on the heels of the CTIA show in Orlando? And what does this mean for the network infrastructure vendors and the AT&T network footprint itself?

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