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Mobile telecoms in America美国移动通讯业 An audacious merger with a poor reception联姻大胆，反响不佳 AT Ts ambitious bid to reshape Americaswireless market has spooked rivals. But it facessignificant hurdles AT T的竞标雄心勃勃，意在重塑美国无线通讯市场，竞争对手惊慌失措。但并购也面临重大阻碍 PEOPLE who enjoy poking fun at the patchy qualityof AT Ts mobile-phone network in Americawere provided with some fresh comedy material this week. So, AT T and T-Mobile aregetting married. Youre all invited. But there will be no reception afterwards, tweeted one wagafter news emerged on March 20th that AT T had bid a breathtaking $39 billion for T-Mobile USA, a smaller wireless operator owned by Germanys Deutsche Telekom. 在美国，AT T移动电话网络质量不稳常遭人取笑，那些以此为乐的人，本周有了新鲜笑料。3月20日，AT T以390亿美元的惊人出价，竞购德国Deutsche Telekom公司旗下的小型无线通讯运营商T-Mobile USA，资讯曝光后，一条段子在Twitter上风传：于是，AT T跟T-Mobile喜结良缘。人人获邀出席。但之后却无人设宴，也无人赴宴。 Amusing as this is, the deal itself is no laughing matter. On the contrary, the proposedmerger, which needs the approval of antitrust and telecoms regulators, has sparked a gooddeal of controversy over whether it will be good or bad for American consumers. Somemembers of Congress have called for a thorough review of the transaction and consumergroups have been quick to condemn it. | 
