<P> On April 21, 2011, AT&T defended its proposed acquisition of T - Mobile USA before a U.S. Senate committee, saying the combined company would deliver high - speed wireless services to 97 percent of Americans and provide consumer benefits such as fewer dropped calls . </P> <P> As part of the original negotiations, if AT&T's acquisition of T - Mobile USA were to be rejected by federal regulators, AT&T would need to pay $6 billion, including $3 billion in cash, to T - Mobile USA's parent company Deutsche Telekom . </P> <P> On August 31, 2011, the Department of Justice officially filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to block the acquisition . </P> <P> On November 30, 2011, the FCC allowed AT&T to withdraw their merger, saving both carriers from divulging documentation about internal operations . The FCC cited job loss and higher consumer prices as reasons to deny the merger . </P>

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