Attempted purchase of T-Mobile USA by AT&T
PROPOSED CORPORATE ACQUISITION
Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA; Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile; AT&T-Mobile; Fight the Merger; United States v. AT&T (2011 suit); United States v. AT & T (2011 suit); Purchase of T-Mobile; Sale of T-Mobile; Acquisition of T-Mobile; Purchase of T-Mobile USA by AT&T
On March 20, 2011, AT&T announced that it would purchase T-Mobile USA. On August 31, 2011, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice formally announced that it would seek to block the takeover, and filed a lawsuit to such effect in federal court.