{"id":1607,"date":"2012-10-04T08:12:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:22","slug":"cell-phone-rumors-merger-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-rumors-merger-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phone rumors: A possible merger ahead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/phone-at-rest.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1608\" title=\"phone-at-rest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/phone-at-rest.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1608 lazyload\" title=\"phone-at-rest\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/phone-at-rest.gif\"><\/a>According to recent cell phone rumors, T-Mobile may be considering a merger with rival cell phone operator MetroPCS.&nbsp; Such a move could end up creating a carrier strong enough to compete nationally with giants such as Verizon and AT&amp;T, but industry insiders have some doubt that the merger would go through without surmounting major obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, for example, AT&amp;T attempted to acquire rival firm T-Mobile, offering more than $36 billion in all, but the proposed merger was ruled to be anti-competitive by government regulators, which mandate is to keep prices in the market low by preventing firms from joining in ways that could create monopolistic situations.&nbsp; Too much concentration of 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