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Monday, June 27

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Support From Members of the House

By Brad

The Hill‘s Gautham Nagesh reports:

76 House Democrats wrote to the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department on Friday urging them to consider AT&T’s commitment to deploying next-generation wireless coverage nationwide when reviewing the firm’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

The lawmakers, lead by Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) cite AT&T’s plan to deploy 4G wireless broadband networks to more than 97 percent of the country and argue the commitment will “create thousands of jobs, including many good paying union jobs with solid benefits, which will greatly contribute to our continuing economic recovery.”

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