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The 5 Major Cell Phone Companies
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In past years, cell phone companies have competed intensely for consumer usage. With major companies including T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Alltel, and lastly Sprint sparring for the leading position in sales. However, by the looks of it AT&T will soon be the head honcho in the phone market due to the duopoly between them and T-Mobile which is most likely soon to occur. According to International Business Times if the duopoly were to occur, AT&T would control 80% of the market and have somewhere near 2 million subscribers. The risk for consumers with this duopoly is the fact that T-Mobile was known for being the least expensive phone company of them all, so when they are bought by AT&T, the cheap prices of T-Mobile will be no more. However Sprint is doing what it can to convince regulators do not allow this merge, saying "This transaction will harm consumers and harm competition at a time when this country can least afford it" according to CED Magazine. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the cell phone market.
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