AT&T Inc filed documents with the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday regarding its $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile.

AT&T, currently the No. 2 U.S. mobile carrier, said the merger would spur innovation and economic growth by improving quality and expanding wireless service to 97.3 percent of Americans.

(Reporting by Jasmin Melvin, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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