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This 4 page paper looks at 2 cases of merger and acquisition that have been referred for regulatory approval, looking at the potential issues, problems, objections that are linked to the merger or acquisitions as well as consideration of the ethical issues. The two cases are the proposed acquisition of T Mobile by AT&T and the merger of two the Latin American airlines Lan and Tam. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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undertaking mergers and acquisition, it may be noted that firms in different countries and different industries can face very similar problems. Looking at the US and the proposed acquisition of
T Mobile by AT&T and then to Latin America and the merger of two airlines; Lan and Tam both cases involved major firms within their industries, who are seeking to
increase their competitive position by the acquisition or merger and have raised fears in consumers and competitors that the result will be a reduction in the level of competition.
In the US AT&T has proposed the acquisition of T Mobile for $39 billion (Taylor, 2011). The proposal was initially presented as a fait accompli, but it was also recognised
that there would be a lengthy delay in gaining regulatory approval, not due to the bureaucracy of the approval process, but due to the high level of opposition they expect
to face (Rush, 2011). AT&T and T-Mobile are two of the four largest wireless carriers in the US, which has raised concerns of customers, anxious that with a reduction in
competition the customers will be the ones to suffer, not only in terms of price, but in terms of services received as firm are not subject to the same competitive
pressures as the post acquisition company would become the largest single wireless provided with in excess of 130 million subscribers, the transaction would potentially create an almost duopoly between AT&T
and Verizon (Taylor, 2011). It is noted that although the consumers may object, when looking at the acquisition, the Department of Justice and the FCC, who will both need
to approve the transaction, will not look at these objections (Rush, 2011). Instead they will look at the way the post acquisition firm may impact on competition in the wireless
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