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Article: Inouye urges FCC to postpone AT&T merger vote.(News)
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- RCR Wireless News
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- November 20, 2006
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Byline: JEFFREY SILVA
Incoming Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) became the second top Democrat with telecom oversight to voice concerns about a $79 billion merger that would put top U.S. mobile-phone operator Cingular Wireless L.L.C. solely in the hands of AT&T Inc., saying he too would welcome the Federal Communications Commission delaying a decision until next year.
Inouye initially voiced his views in remarks to Reuters.
Teri Rucker, a spokeswoman for Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee, said Inouye's comments were straightforward and consistent with past views on AT&T's pending acquisition of BellSouth ...