[snopercod]

It should tell us something about this deal when the loser's stock price goes up.

[magellan]

This is a bad thing, and might not make it through based on anticompetitive grounds. I was hoping Vodaphone would win, creating two international cell phone companies with U.S. presences (T-Mobile being the other. That would open up the possibility of lowering the cost of international cell phone roaming. Of course, I also think Cingular should look to acquire a european provider, such as Orange, for the same reason.

[DustyMoment]

With any luck at all, this deal might hopefully be the spark that begins the telecom turnaround. So far, telecom has shown no ability to begin any sort of recovery from the Clinton recession.

Maybe this will be the match.