AT&T and the Justice Department

The company, wanting to merger with T-Mobile, making it part of only three other national companies involved in wireless services, is raising anti-trust concerns from the Justice department, which is seeking to sue.

AT&T is ready to accept monitoring and regulation by the anti-trust division, sell assets and have customers transfer to other providers to secure the deal.

AT&T also contributes heavily to the Tea Party, as does Verizon. Both companies hire unionized workers. The latter's just concluded a strike to secure benefits and pay that Verizon was considering undermining.