AT&T recently announced plans to acquire T-Mobile. At the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce representing 3,000 members, we are excited about the new possibilities that this proposed acquisition will mean to our businesses and to our everyday lives.
Simply put, this proposed merger will mean increased service and better technology for California communities.
This merger will help us maintain our state’s competitiveness by giving us expanded and reliable access to high-speed wireless services. Not only will these enhancements to the network infrastructure support innovation, it will help our state continue to cultivate start-up companies that need the most competitive edge to succeed.
This merger will help improve service for customers as AT&T will increase its network infrastructure which would have normally taken approximately five years – and increase network density by about 30 percent in some regions.
This merger will help people, companies and institutions in rural communities in California. It’s important that customers in smaller markets have access to technology offered in major metro areas. This merger will do that in a significant way, by making LTE technology available to more Californians no matter where they live.
And this merger will improve health care by expanding the deployment of super-fast 4G LTE mobile broadband technology. It will allow many more people to visit their physician remotely via HD quality video. It will also allow for doctors to view data such as blood pressure monitors and pulse readers while holding a videoconference with the patient and the patient’s family.
This proposed merger is great news for California and our ability to lead the nation in technology. It means better service and greater access to fast wireless Internet services. And it means a better California and a brighter future.