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 Sprint, the nation's third-largest cellphone company, and a smaller phone company, Cellular South, both want to be parallel participants in the Justice Department's suit against AT&T's acquisition on antitrust grounds. Participating would give them a chance to affect the proceedings, even if the Justice Department is the most important objector to the deal.AT&T on Friday filed a motion to have the complaints by the two phone companies dismissed, saying Sprint and Cellular South are speaking in their own interests, not the public's.
Sprint says AT&T's motion is without merit, and it will respond next week.
AT&T shares fell 15 cents to $28.69 in late afternoon trading.
[Associated
Press; By PETER SVENSSON]
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