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Why did AT and T buy T-Mobile?

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AT&T attempted to buy T-Mobile in 2011, but cancelled their $39 billion dollar bid in December of 2011 after a law suit was filed against them by the US Department of Justice.

Since then, T-Mobile has grown considerably, adding an estimated 4.4 million customers to their main service in 2013 and acquiring Metro PCS in the Spring of that same year.

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So that they could create the largest wireless company in the United States from what were the nation's second and fourth providers. They wanted to have twice the subscribers as sprint did and to beat out Verizon Wireless

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