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As John Adams once said, “facts are stubborn things.”  Adams’s words aptly describe the weaknesses plaguing the arguments made in opposition to AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile.  

Stubborn Fact #1: Economic realities of the cellular service market preclude anticompetitive effects of the merger. 

Opponents of the deal contend that the merger will have a detrimental impact on competition in the nation’s cellular market, pointing blindly to increased market concentration and crying foul. This pro-forma analysis, however, ignores the economic realities of the cellular service market.

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