AT&T Inc.'s pursuit of U.S. government approval for its proposed $39 billion purchase of T- Mobile USA Inc. may lead to more regulation for the telecommunications industry.
If the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department sign off on the transaction, they could require AT&T and Verizon Wireless to keep prices from rising, said Carl Howe, an analyst at Yankee Group, a Boston-based research firm.
Regulators also might create a new mobile service provider by combining smaller competitors or requiring the combined AT&T-T-Mobile to sell part of its customer base to a mobile virtual network operator such as TracFone Wireless Inc. or Tru, according to a Yankee Group report.
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