Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: AT&T to DOJ: Merger Won't Change Competitive Landscape

James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

AT&T to DOJ: Merger Won't Change Competitive Landscape

AT&T has filed a response to the Department of Justice's Aug. 31 complaint seeking to block the company's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. In the filing, AT&T claims that the Justice Department fails to acknowledge the efficiencies that will result from the deal and doesn't accurately depict the amount of competition that exists in the wireless industry.