AT T的计划可能会碰到另一个难题。此前几宗移动电话公司并购案,监管机构都要求合并企业在某些当地市场卖掉无线频谱、网络基础设施及其他资产,以获准并购。小竞争者如US Cellular和MetroPCS得以抢购这些资产,在这些地区壮大。AT T清楚表示,只要交易获准,它也会照做。不过,鉴于此次并购产生的新实体影响甚巨,监管机构可能断定:就算并购企业大规模出售资产,也无法保证某些地区竞争机制健全,因而不予批准。
An annual report on the state of Americas wirelessindustry published last year by the FederalCommunications Commission , which along withthe Department of Justice must approveAT Ts bid, shows that regulators were alreadyconcerned about the state of competition in mobiletelephony before this weeks news. Havingpreviously affirmed, year after year, that theindustry was effectively competitive, it declinedto do so, though it made no specificrecommendations on how to improve matters.
AT T的竞购须得联邦通信委员会与美国司法部核准才可进行。而去年,FCC发布了一份《美国无线通讯产业状况年度报告》,表明本周联姻消息爆出前,监管机构已对移动电话产业竞争状况忧心忡忡。此前,FCC年复一年都证实该产业存在有效竞争,而今却不肯这么说,尽管它对如何改进问题也无确切建议。
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