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What Others Are Saying:

This expansion of broadband deployment resulting from the Merger will also create numerous jobs. AT&T has committed

after the Merger to increase its capital expenditures by more than $8 billion over the next seven years. The Economic

Policy Institute estimates that this investment in network expansion will create as many as 96,000 jobs in the U.S.

economy. This finding, moreover, only accounts for the effects of capital investment in wireless infrastructure and doesnot count the jobs that will be created as a result of increased broadband services.

George Kohl, Senior Director and Debbie Goldman, Telecommunications Policy Director,

Communications Workers of America

MMTC has fought hard over the years to secure equal opportunity for minorities in the media and telecommunications

spaces. It is through this prism that we approach the proposed merger and respond to the FCCs public notice. Since ou

founding 25 years ago, MMTC has not endorsed a merger therefore for MMTC to endorse one, the case for the merger

must be truly compellingBy averting the spectrum crunch and thus enabling the nation to continue to close the digita

divide, and by enhancing opportunities for minority participation in broadband as employees and entrepreneurs, the

merger deserves approval.

David Honig, President and Executive Director, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council

Our members and leading community advocates who represent a broad and diverse spectrum of community interest

across the country are supporting the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger given its public interest benefits. From small

business owners to labor activists, Latino state legislators to Latino doctors, academics and educators to journalists and

publishers, civil rights advocates to Latino engineers, Members of Congress and a former FCC Commissioner to rural

advocates and Governors representing states with a growing number of Latinos, it is clear this acquisition stands to

benefit millions of Latinos across the country.

Jason A. Llorenz, Executive Director, Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP)

The merger of AT&T with T-Mobile USA stands to bring some much-needed relief to the African American community by

helping to close the digital divide and increasing access to vital services in urban and rural communities A combined

AT&T and T-Mobile will bring wireless broadband access to underserved urban and rural communities, create cost-saving

for consumers, and increasing jobs across the country.

It is our belief that the combined company would expand and enrich economic, educational and civic engagement

opportunities in the Asian Pacific American community through expanded wireless coverage. JACL and LEAP believe tha

the expected benefits of this deal will prove to be invaluable to us and our members and we encourage the Commission

to approve the merger.

S. Floyd Mori, National Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League and J.D. Hokoyama, President & CEO

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.

NAACP100 Black Men of AmericaNational Newspaper Publishers AssociationNational Coalition on Black Civic ParticipationNational Council of Negro WomenNational Black Farmers AssociationNational Organization of Black Elected Legislative WomenNational Black Caucus of State Legislators

National Conference of Black Mayors

National Association of Black County OfficialsBlack College Communication AssociationSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceNational Organization of Black Law Enforcement ExecutiveNational Cares Mentoring MovementNational Black College Alumni Hall of FameNational Association of NeighborhoodsBlack Leadership Forum

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By expediting the roll-out of 4G-LTE wireless networks to 55 million additional Americans nationwide, the combined

company offers tremendous growth potential for the Silicon Valley companies that are producing these

cutting-edge technologies.

Carl Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

On behalf of the Sierra Clubs more than 1.3 million members and supporters, we add our voice to that of our brother

and sisters in the labor movement to express optimism about the potential expansion of broadband that the proposed

merger of AT&T and T-Mobile provides Expansion of broadband technologies to rural America brings a vital 21st centur

infrastructure to all our communities and will conserve energy by eliminating carbon emission related to travel and

promote other efficiencies through smart grids and smart meters accessed through broadband.

Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club