AT & T Case Summary

In the Network Design Paper I will explain how the University has recently leased a building in Adelphi, Maryland. The measurements of the University is 240 feet long, 95 feet wide and 30 feet tall and broken down to two different floors. This University will be used for education purposes of course, the facility will be made of six instructional labs, seven offices, library, five classrooms, a student lobby and a computer lab. There will be a server room on each floor. The purpose of this paper is to explain the design of the networks in this building. The student accessed computers will be set up on a separate network than the network that they staff will be using.

SGMT  6050  –  Case  Write-­‐Up   McCaw   Cellular  Communications:  The  AT&T/McCaw  Merger   Negotiation     Armin  Ezatagha     Student  Number  ⏐  205  576  707   eMail  ⏐  aezatagha12@schulich.yorku.ca     Schulich  School  of  Business   Tuesday,  March  05,  2013                                 Current  Telecommunications  Ecosystem     McCaw  Cellular  Communications  (MCC),  although  positioned

Unknowingly, Antitrust began a cycle of Rule of Reason, which is the Lax Enforcement, and the Per Se Rule, which is the tight enforcement (Boyes 2013, p 249). Litigation of the Antirust law was not frequent, and that’s because between the years of passage 1890 and 1914, only seven cases were tried by the Supreme Court, in which they broke up monopolized companies like Northern Securities, and Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; but also allowed the formation of major league baseball. This period of Lax Enforcement ended with the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, and ushered in Per Se Rule. The changes to Antitrust laws gave a more clear definition to the law by guide lining the prohibitions of price discrimination, the creations of barriers to enter a market, outlaws mergers deemed unfair, and imbalanced methods of business; the Federal Trade Commission was also allowed to investigate into these practices. Since 1941, the FTC and it parent division, the Justice Department, had filed over 2,800 cases related to Antitrust, but it is the private sector that had an exponential amount lawsuits filed. Between the passage of these two laws and the Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, who prized the laws, any inkling of proof that a business could be monopolizing or engaging in unfair business practices, almost always lead to a guilty verdict that mostly results in a heavy fine, and in extreme

T-Mobile is the fourth largest cell phone provider in the United States. AT&T plans to pay $39 billion to buy Deutsche Telekom 's T-Mobile USA in a deal that is expected to attract intense regulatory scrutiny as it creates a new U.S. mobile market leader.

Throughout the Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack actually share very similar characteristics, however there is also great difference in the way they use these qualities for their benefit and for the good of the other boys on the island. Ralph represents a more democratic government where the boys are allowed to have their voices heard. “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he is speaking… and he won’t be interrupted.” Through this the conch becomes a symbol of free speech.

The federal government has recently filed a lawsuit against AT&T and Time warner for trying to vertically merge together. The reason why the government is filing a lawsuit against the merge is that AT&T- Time Warmer will be able to demand higher prices for consumers to receive networks such as TNT, TBS, and CNN. AT&T makes the argument that this vertical merge has earned the green light from the government in the past. For example, in 2011 when NBC and Universal merged together as a vertical merge the government approved it but the Justice Department and the FCC set a variety of conditions in order to approve the vertical merge between the companies. The DOJ also argues that by completing this merge the companies will raise cost to consumers

If they are able to maintain the loyalty of most of their current customers, the companies will then have a shared amount of about 100 million customers. This potential customer volume for the merging companies would greatly outnumber the customer volume of the industry leaders, AT&T and Verizon. This kind of turnout would create greater competition between the two merging companies and the two leading companies (Sprint Wireless News, 2014). Although the outcomes seem promising for Sprint and T-Mobile, there are also potential negative effects of a merger that the companies should take into consideration. Current Sprint and T-Mobile customers have expressed their fear of the possible merger for multiple reasons. The two biggest worries for telecommunication services consumers is the potential for rising costs and a reduction in provider options (John, 2016). In making a final decision, the companies, as well as the Federal Communications Commission, should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a

Today, much uncertainty exists in the United States. As President Trump clears his first 100 days in office, many Americans and people residing in the United States are afraid of the reckless and unpitying behavior Trump continues to brandish. Continue

Most everyone subscribes to some type of cable service. When Comcast announced plans to merge with Time Warner Cable back in February, Congress was quick to criticize the deal (Popelka). Many members of Congress were not in favor of the merger, and rumors of an antitrust review were imminent (Popelka). "This is a great example of how U.S. antitrust policy has turned into a political game"( Popelka). Politicians may gain supporters, but no one is going to decrease the cost of cable service to consumers (Popelka). Antitrust laws were put into place for a reason. "The Sherman Antitrust Act was created to prevent monopolistic activities that diminish consumer choice or competition" (Popelka). In this case, the merger between these two companies will not take away consumer choice because they operate in different geographies (Popelka). Cable companies are struggling to keep up with the demands of younger consumers who are interested in online services instead of cable (Popelka). Politicians who oppose this merger are using the "Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to evaluate monopoly status" (Popelka). Comcast has found a way around this so they can stay "below a mythical 30 percent HHI market share threshold" (Popelka).

Among all the competitors AT&T is the biggest competitor of Verizon, Verizon acquired “Alltel wireless” in beginning of year 2009 to overtake AT&T and become the largest wireless mobile network company in U.S.

Since the late nineteenth century, the federal government has challenged business practices and mergers that create or may create a monopoly in a particular market. Federal legislation has varied in effectiveness in terms of preventing anti-competitive mergers.

This merger was expected to be scrutinized by both the Department of Justice and the FCC. Many believed this merger would decrease competition and increase prices which will harm consumers, the Department of Justice agreed and so did the FCC. The Department of Justice believed if the two companies if combined would be in an extremely powerful position, providing high-capacity data services to almost half of American households and limiting the choice of those customers. Almost a year after the announcement the deal fell apart, Comcast decided to walk away from the 45.5 billion dollar deal. The attorney General at the time Eric Holder tipped his hat to companies like Netflix who raise concerns about such a merger.

Antitrust act was a constraint to the industry in order to prevent absolute monopoly. Regulating market is a particular challenge in network industries, where mediating vertical interactions across firms, particularly from workload created or essential facilities is important. Emergence of antitrust policy as the primary tool to regulate competition was beginning to have an impact in the early 1900’s. For decades America has been dealing with an infinite number of antitrust practices. One of the most well known was telecommunication network, where ATT was the dominant for decades; the monopoly has caused great harm to many consumers by paying high price for long distance services. Growing up as a child I remember conversation my parents used to have about telephone bill. I was forbid to use the phone every time the monthly bill was over $600. This monopolistic behavior and price control have changed for the better. The vigorous enforcement of the antitrust law has forced the breakoff of ATT’s monopoly to create the baby

* AT&T should take advantage from slowing down in the merger activity and lower premiums. If negotiations take a long time, situation can reverse, driving the costs of acquisition up

Negotiations are used in everyday life. In Module 8, Effective Negotiations, I found active listening to be the most useful concept to me. I feel like this is very important no matter where you are. This concept can be used in every office, unit, base, and even off base or in your own household. Often, we hear what people say but we are not actually listening to what they are saying.