September 16, 2011

(HARTFORD, CT) - Attorney General George Jepsen issued this statement today explaining why Connecticut has not joined the U.S. Department of Justice action to block the AT&T – T-Mobile merger.

"Today the U. S. Department of Justice announced that it has added several states to the complaint it originally filed on Aug. 31, to block AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Although my office has determined not to join the complaint, I recognize that the proposed acquisition raises serious antitrust issues and I applaud the Department of Justice for aggressively moving to ensure a competitive market. As Co-Chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Task Force, I am committed to ensuring open and competitive markets in Connecticut. Given the significant resources that the federal government has dedicated to the case, my decision not to join this antitrust lawsuit was based on an election to focus the limited resources of my Office and Connecticut’s antitrust enforcement efforts on other matters."

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