Liberal Groups to FCC: Don't Let AT&T Off the Hook

Telecom accused of 'litigation gamesmanship'

Liberal interest groups Public Knowledge and Media Access Project don't just want AT&T's $39 billion deal with T-Mobile to die—they want AT&T to suffer; they want the Federal Communications Commission to twist the knife as it kills the merger.

In a filing with the FCC on Monday, the two groups argue that the FCC doesn't have to accept the request AT&T quietly submitted over Thanksgiving to withdraw its merger application. They argue that the FCC can go ahead and release a hearing designation order (HDO) that says the wireless merger would not serve the public interest and would result in a "massive loss of U.S.

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