AT&T Has No Answers On MVNO Deal
While we naturally assumed that AT&T would kill its MVNO deal with Sprint following the merger with SBC, AT&T is giving the politician's answer on the question saying only that they will "review" the deal, and that they still plan to launch AT&T Wireless again, later this year. While they should continue business as usual in case the deal falls through, that's going to be a huge disaster if they launch it and then the SBC deal does happen. Talk about customer confusion. It's already going to be bad enough with people not realizing this AT&T Wireless is different than the original one, but to have it appear briefly and disappear again later isn't going to do anyone any favors.
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