AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA appears to be on the rocks after the US Department of Justice launched legal action to block the deal.

The DoJ says the takeover would adversely affect competition.

Everything Everywhere has announced a new management team with ten executives reporting to new Chief Executive Officer Olaf Swantee.

Mr Swantee moved from being a non-executive board member to CEO on 1st September as Tom Alexander stepped down.

Earlier this year we reported that Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom-Orange had agreed to work together on machine-to-machine communication in a number of countries. The agreement currently covers France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK.

TeliaSonera has now joined the M2M Service Cooperation Agreement between the two companies, adding Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania to the list of countries.

Mark Bridge writes:

It’s Easter, but that’s not stopped the mobile phone industry from generating plenty of news stories.

Let’s start with partnerships. Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom - which already work together as Everything Everywhere in the UK – have now agreed to combine their procurement activities for customer equipment, network equipment, service platforms and IT infrastructure. Yes, even these two telecoms giants can save money with group buying!

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom - which already work in partnership as Everything Everywhere and recently announced plans to cooperate in other business areas - are now going shopping together.

They've agreed to combine their procurement activities for customer equipment, network equipment, service platforms and IT Infrastructure.