段子很有趣，但交易本身却非笑料。相反，这桩须获反垄断机构及通讯监管机构批准的并购提案，引发了多场论战，争论此次交易对美国消费者是利是弊。一些国会议员呼吁全面评估这桩交易，而多个消费者团体迅速予以谴责。

　　Their concern is hardly surprising. Americas four largest mobile-phone operatorsAT T,Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextelalready account for 82% of the nationalmarket. Assuming the transaction goes ahead as planned, AT T would add T-Mobiles34m customers to the 96m that it had at the end of 2010, propelling it well ahead of Verizon,its main rival.

　　他们如此关注，并不足为奇。美国四大移动电话运营商AT T、Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA及Sprint Nextel，已占全美无线通讯市场的82%。去年底，AT T用户达9600万，倘若交易如期进行，T-Mobile的3400万用户也收归帐下，AT T就将大大领先其主要竞争对手Verizon。

　　Critics of the deal, which AT T hopes to complete within 12 months, say it will undermineefforts made many years ago to inject more competition into Americas telecoms industry. Inthe mid-1970s the government started investigating AT Ts dominant position in fixed-line telephones, which led to the break up in 1984 of Ma Bell into eight pieces. Could the bidfor T-Mobile be a sign that monopoly Ma is trying to return from her grave?

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