March 29, 2011 4:38PM # Thinking Through Merger Review By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) --- SHARE Randy May of the Free State Foundation has a characteristically good post about the AT&T/T‑Mobile merger entitled: “[The AT&T and T‑Mobile Merger: Thinking Things Through](http://freestatefoundation.blogspot.com/2011/03/at-t-mobile-merger-thinking-things.html).” Among other smart ideas, Randy highlights the competitive game-playing that goes on in the merger review arena: > When considering competitive and market impacts for purposes of merger reviews, observe the extent to which various *competitors*, often many *competitors*, mount vigorous campaigns designed to convince the antitrust authorities and the regulators that if the merger is approved there will be an absence of *competition*. Note the incongruity. There’s level-headed thinking aplenty in this post from a long-time Federal Communications Commission and telecom-industry watcher. [Check it out](http://freestatefoundation.blogspot.com/2011/03/at-t-mobile-merger-thinking-things.html). ##### Related Tags [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).