AT&T T-Mobile Resources
Press Releases
T Mobile USA and AT&T Merger Means Faster and More Widespread Broadband (PDF)
Communications Workers of America, March 20, 2011
A statement by CWA President Larry Cohen on the planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T.
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (PDF)
AFL-CIO, March 21, 2011
A statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T.
Fact Sheets & Reports
AT&T T-Mobile: What It Means for Consumers (PDF)
Communications Workers of America
A combined AT&T/T-Mobile will expand high-speed wireless broadband access and create a bargaining voice for 20,000 T-Mobile workers, while protecting market competition.
Communications Workers of America, April 2011
AT&T?s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile is good for U.S. consumers and workers. It presents a real opportunity to accelerate deployment of high-speed Internet, narrow the digital divide, improve quality of service and expand workers? rights in the wireless industry. Sprint or AT&T: The Real Story Behind the Proposed AT&T/T-Mobile Merger (PDF)
Communications Workers of America, May 6, 2011
T-?Mobile was going to be sold. AT&T's acquisition, not the Sprint alternative, is the best option for both workers and consumers.
Fact Sheet: Benefits for African-Americans (PDF)
Communications Workers of America
AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile will help bring economic security to African-American communities. It presents a real opportunity to accelerate high-speed internet deployment, narrow the digital divide, improve the quality of wireless service, and expand good jobs.
Fact Sheet: Benefits for Hispanics (PDF)
Communications Workers of America
As heavy wireless data users, Hispanics have a particular interest in the expansion and upgrading of wireless networks, something AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile will help achieve. Additionally, the merger will expand good jobs for Hispanics in the wireless industry.
Fact Sheet: Benefits for Rural Americans (PDF)
Communications Workers of America
The AT&T/T-Mobile merger will bring essential job creation and economic development to rural areas and make high-speed wireless available to more rural residents.
Fact Sheet: Benefits for Women (PDF)
Communications Workers of America
AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile presents a real opportunity to expand good jobs for women in the wireless industry, accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet and improve the quality of wireless service.
Op-Eds & Editorials
Larry Cohen: AT&T and T-Mobile merger means better broadband
The Hill, March 22, 2011
The acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T is good news for everyone who realizes that the United States needs to catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to broadband speed and buildout.