Reports of a new poll released by the Stifel Nicolaus research group have got to be worrying AT&T about the prospects of its proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. Less than half (49.5 percent) of the polled telecom experts—described as "wise men and women"—now expect the relevant federal agencies to bless the marriage.
This is almost a five point drop in optimism from July, when a similar survey found 54.7 percent of analysts sanguine about the merger's future. The departments considering AT&T's request are the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice. Among the possible reasons why the merger's chances seem dimmer: Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI)'s letter to the FCC asking the agency to turn down the request.
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