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Deutsche Telekom AG could miss out on a multi-billion dollar break fee if regulatory hurdles cause the failure of its $39 billion deal to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T, a person familiar with the matter said.

AT&T may not have to pay Deutsche Telekom a multi-billion dollar breakup fee, even if its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA fails, a person familiar with the matter said.

The rumor mill of Apple iPhone 5's release date has got another twist in the tale as new reports have emerged revealing that retailer Best Buy is set for an October launch of the much-awaited Apple iPhone 5. But hold on, there are contractions among the media reports regarding probable release dates.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has gone national in its lawsuit against the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile.

AT&T is pretty determined and pretty confident it can push through its proposed merger with T-Mobile, reported Reuters, citing an anonymous source.

The Jetstream will run on Android 3.1 or Honeycomb juice and will feature a 10.1-inch display.

In an effort to make a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) that would allow it to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T may be forced to maintain T-Mobile's industry-leading cheap mobile subscription plans, reported Reuters, citing anonymous sources.

EchoStar and Hughes had originally entered into a $26-billion merger agreement in October 2001.

The hopes of the AT&T T-Mobile merger have been dampened by a Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit to block the deal, citing anti-trust concerns.

AT&T is going to make concessions to get the T-Mobile deal approved according to a report from Reuters.

The DoJ opposes the $39-billion deal, largely on anti-trust grounds, but also cited that such a transaction would cost thousands of jobs -- in an economy that simply cannot withstand anymore job losses.

As the battle between the high-end Android smartphones are getting hotter day by day, the two most talked-about phones apart from the iPhone 5 are Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Motorola Photon 4G.

AT&T (NYSE:T), the No.2 wireless carrier in the U.S., faces an uphill battle to get the T-Mobile deal approved by regulators following the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) antitrust suit to enjoin the merger and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have echoed DoJ concerns.

The Justice Department made a bold move when it sued to block AT&T Inc's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Now comes the hard part: going to court.

Vonya B. McCann,senior vice president of Government Affairs for Sprint, has issued a statement noting that by filing the lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, the Justice Department has put consumers' interests first.

When the Justice Department stomps in to block a $39 billion deal that would have brought 5,000 jobs to the United States, you have to believe that regulators are serious about wielding their antitrust enforcement power. DOJ's 25-page complaint seeking to bar AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA is an emphatic document that asserts competition in the wireless industry is essential to ensurin...

Although the nation's unemployment rate currently stands at 9.1 percent, the U.S. refused to be swayed by AT&T's offer of job creation, and has moved to block the merger between the telecom giants.

The combination would also cut down the number of big-time players in the sector to just three: AT&T, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).

Sprint is a fan of the DOJ's move to file a lawsuit against the AT&T-T-Mobile merger.

Now that the U.S. Justice Department is trying to sink the $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA by AT&T, what could happen to major suppliers like Alcatel-Lucent and Ciena?

The Sprint version of the most awaited Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch, will be the only one to sport an LED notification light.

Undeterred by reports of HP TouchPad's demise and Android tablets' anemic sales, HTC has announced the launch of HTC Jetstream, an Android tablet for AT&T's upcoming 4G LTE network.

The U.S. government on Wednesday filed an anti-trust complaint seeking to enjoin the proposed merger between AT&T (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile USA.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a complaint Wednesday opposing AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile, citing antitrust concerns and saying that the deal would substantially lessen the competition.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson appeared on cable television early on Wednesday to tout his $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA and how it could bring back 5,000 jobs to the United States from overseas once done.

A general counsel at AT&T said the company will fight an antitrust lawsuit suit the Department of Justice filed on Wednesday. Wayne Watts, who serves as both senior executive vice president and general counsel for AT&T, said the lawsuit from the Justice Department has surprised and disappointed him, especially in light of the fact that the government agency gave no indication that it was planning to take such actions.

If AT&T's bid fails, here are three companies that might eye T-Mobile USA

The CWA cited that the proposed merger could create up to 96,000 “quality” jobs and that blocking the deal would be the wrong policy given the backdrop of a weakening U.S. economy and high joblessness.

The Justice Department said its move is to ensure that competition remains and that everyone to include consumers, businesses and the government continues to get high quality, competitively priced mobile wireless products and services.