House Judiciary Cmte Holds Hearing On AT&T T-Mobile Merger

WASHINGTON - MAY 26: (L-R) Chairman, CEO and president of AT&T Randall Stephenson, CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG Rene Obermann, President and CEO of the Rural Cellular Association Steven Berry, communications policy counsel at the Consumers Union Parul Desai, professor at George Mason University School of Law Joshua Wright, and professor at Howard University School of Law Andrew Gavil are sworn in during a hearing before the Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee that gathered to examine if the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile may affect wireless telecommunications competition, May 26, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The merger, if approved by the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, would limit coverage options to just three national carriers: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. Although such a merger proposes better coverage and fewer dropped calls, it will possibly suggest higher-priced plans and may lead to possible job eliminations. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)