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"The Department filed its lawsuit because we believe the combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for their mobile wireless services," said Deputy Attorney Gen. James M. Cole in an 11 a.m. press conference today.

Cole also noted that AT&T and T-Mobile - the nation's second-largest and fourth-largest wireless providers, respectively - "currently compete head-to-head in 97 of the nation's largest 100 cellular marketing areas," adding "were the merger to proceed, there would only be three providers with 90 percent of the market, and competition among the remaining competitors on all dimensions--including price, quality, and innovation--would be diminished."

Cole pointed out that the DOJ complaint includes testimony from an AT&T employee admitting that the company was compelled to introduce new features to compete with T-Mobile. Cole said the employee said that "[T-Mobile] was first to have HSPA+ devices in their portfolio...we added them in reaction to potential loss of speed claims."
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