in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't changethe reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love our smart phones and tablet computers, maybe a little too much. there are more than 323 million wireless subscriptions in the u.s., and 307 million people living here. in other words, more wireless subscriptions than residents. cell phone companies like at&t are clamoring for more spectrum, or airwaves, to meet that growing demand. but analysts say at&t's options are limited. >> they can invest in the network that they have, and roll out 4g services with the road map that they laid forward with t-mobile, and they can try to gather additional spectrum through alternative means. >> reporter: so at&t is asking regulators to quickly approve its pending purchase of unused spectrum from qualcomm. but that small deal won't solve congestion problems for at&t and other providers long-term. they want congress

after news of at&t's ending its t-mobile strategy, sprint shares shot up almost 8%. if there had been a deal between at&t and t-mobile, it would have pushed sprint further behind as the number three wireless carrier after verizon and at&t. we saw some stock selling in asia after the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. as dictator, he wasn't shy about using nuclear threats and military shows of force. the market which saw the biggest volatility today was the neighbor to his south. an exchange-traded fund following the south korean stock index shed 4.5%. the drop takes the fund to its lowest price since early october. as china's economy has slowed, the south korean market has cooled somewhat. speaking of a weaker china, metal stocks kept cooling off. recycled steel company schnitzer was the latest to warn about weaker global demand. shares fell 9%. that hurt u.s. steel and steel dynamics-- down almost 8% and 4% respectively. just last week, steel dynamics noted weak demand this quarter, issuing an outlook well below estimates. we did see a buyout in the gold bus

after news of at&t's ending its t-mobile strategy, sprint shares shot up almost 8%. if there had been a deal between at&t and t-mobile, it would have pushed sprint further behind as the number three wireless carrier after verizon and at&t. we saw some stock selling in asia after the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. as dictator, he wasn't shy about using nuclear threats and military shows of force. the market which saw the biggest volatility today was the neighbor to his south. an exchange-traded fund following the south korean stock index shed 4.5%. the drop takes the fund to its lowest price since early october. as china's economy has slowed, the south korean market has cooled somewhat. speaking of a weaker china, metal stocks kept cooling off. recycled steel company schnitzer was the latest to warn about weaker global demand. shares fell 9%. that hurt u.s. steel and steel dynamics-- down almost 8% and 4% respectively. just last week, steel dynamics noted weak demand this quarter, issuing an outlook well below estimates. we did see a buyout in the gold bus

after news of at&t's ending its t-mobile strategy, sprint shares shot up almost 8%. if there had been a deal between at&t and t-mobile, it would have pushed sprint further behind as the number three wireless carrier after verizon and at&t. we saw some stock selling in asia after the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. as dictator, he wasn't shy about using nuclear threats and military shows of force. the market which saw the biggest volatility today was the neighbor to his south. an exchange-traded fund following the south korean stock index shed 4.5%. the drop takes the fund to its lowest price since early october. as china's economy has slowed, the south korean market has cooled somewhat. speaking of a weaker china, metal stocks kept cooling off. recycled steel company schnitzer was the latest to warn about weaker global demand. shares fell 9%. that hurt u.s. steel and steel dynamics-- down almost 8% and 4% respectively. just last week, steel dynamics noted weak demand this quarter, issuing an outlook well below estimates. we did see a buyout in the gold bus

in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't changethe reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love our smart phones and tablet computers, maybe a little too much. there are more than 323 million wireless subscriptions in the u.s., and 307 million people living here. in other words, more wireless subscriptions than residents. cell phone companies like at&t are clamoring for more spectrum, or airwaves, to meet that growing demand. but analysts say at&t's options are limited. >> they can invest in the network that they have, and roll out 4g services with the road map that they laid forward with t-mobile, and they can try to gather additional spectrum through alternative means. >> reporter: so at&t is asking regulators to quickly approve its pending purchase of unused spectrum from qualcomm. but that small deal won't solve congestion problems for at&t and other providers long-term. they want congress

in deciding to end its effort to buy t-mobile, at&t claimed not completing the merger doesn't changethe reality of the wireless industry facing a capacity crunch. erika miller takes a closer look at the options left for at&t and t-mobile. >> reporter: it's no secret that we americans love our smart phones and tablet computers, maybe a little too much. there are more than 323 million wireless subscriptions in the u.s., and 307 million people living here. in other words, more wireless subscriptions than residents. cell phone companies like at&t are clamoring for more spectrum, or airwaves, to meet that growing demand. but analysts say at&t's options are limited. >> they can invest in the network that they have, and roll out 4g services with the road map that they laid forward with t-mobile, and they can try to gather additional spectrum through alternative means. >> reporter: so at&t is asking regulators to quickly approve its pending purchase of unused spectrum from qualcomm. but that small deal won't solve congestion problems for at&t and other providers long-term. they want congress

acquire t-mobile usa. e deal would have made it the biggest cell phone operator in america. that position is currently held by verizon wireless, which controls 31% of the market there. at&t holds a 27% share. sprint nextel has the third largest customer base. t-mobile is number four in the u.s. with 9% of the market. the u.s. justice department was the first to raise objections to the buyout, quickly followed by anti-trust regulators. they said the merger would leave too little competition in the cell phone sector, and that, they fear, could only lead to higher prices. with the deal's collapse, at&t is obliged to pay to reach a telecom $3 billion in compensation peart double the speed of the american company also signed up to provide a wide range of roaming services, and now it also has to hand t- mobile usa a large bundle of wireless frequencies. >> thank you for that. the death toll from flash floods in the southern philippines has grown to nearly 1000. in tighter regions on one island are under water and

mobile phone provir at&t is droppingts $39 billion bid to buy smaller wireless provider t-mobile usa.he deal was broken off under presrero anti-trust regulators. that raised concerns that the takeover wouldld increase price, reduce innovation, and give customers yourur choices. deutsche telekom. >> at&t was willing to p a mu as $39 billion to acquire t-mobile usa. the deal would have made it the biggest cell phone operator in amic that position is currently held by verizon wireless, wch controls 31% of the market there. &t holds a 27% share. sprint nextelas the third largt customer base. t-mobiles nu fr ithe u.s. with 9% of the market. the u.s. justi department was the first to raise objections to the buyout, quickly followe by anti-trust regulators. they said the merger would leave too little competition in the cell phone sector, and that, eyeald only lead to high prices. with the deal's collapse, atat&t telecom $3 billion in compensation peart doublthe spd of the american company also signed up to provide a wide range of roaming services, and now itlshato hand t- mobile usa a large

and t-mobile towers were underused compared to at&t.for t-mobile customers, t-mobile remains the one company without an iphone. and the parent company says it would like to lead the american market eventually. google says it will partner with a power company called recurrent to build four solar powered farms. it will plow $94 million into the project. already it's invested a billion in clean energy products. >>> ap sl the stock to watch. it won a patent case against htc on monday. it may be enough to cause a temporary halt in sales, but htc android phones. broader markets continue to worry about europe after britain announce they would revamp rules forcing the banks to keep more money on hand. >> thanks for the update, scott. a new app is giving you brownie points for staying away from second helpings at the holiday dinner. >> it's called the fat app. a student at san francisco university high school and a friend designed the app that calculates the amount of weight you did not gain by resisting temptation. the app lets you convert the

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we're live with that but first, the at and t, t-mobile deal is off. >> that is right. at and t pulled its bid for t-mobile usa due to opposition from justice department and fccz breaking up isn't just hard to do, it's expensive as well. and there is at & t paying break up charges estimated $4 kbrinl total costs and in a statement at and t saying it's in need of more spectrum as more consumers use date yachl the carrier says it would have offered a solution to the shortage and who wo have been a better deal. now, what we do know is that this is a good deal for sprint. take a listen to what brian blair had to say on bloomberg west today. >> do you have at and t with 100 million subscribers, and t-mobile with 33 million and sprint, smaller this, is good for the smaller guy. he has opportunities to continue to grow and continue to battle against the two big huge giants of wireless. >> and there are seven states also joined efforts. another big story, apple won a case that could mean a ban on some htc smart phones in the u.s. starting in april. this is the harshest ruling th

this is less bad for at&t than it is for deutsche telekom, who has to decide what to do with the t-mobile business. at&t actually producing better numbers last month for their third quarter. there will be a $4 billion break charge, though, that they will have to book, although there is a question as to whether they may get some of that back in tax. back to you. >> hey, geoff, before you go, as you know, we just reported on this side of the pond the food fight in the united states congress continued as house republicans are set to reject the payroll tax extension. do you think this will have any impact at all on the markets? >> yeah, i think the markets are keeping a weathered eye on this deal. you know, longer term, i think the markets want to see debt reduction and something agreed longer term between the two political parties in that sphere. but right now, the worry is about growth next year, and if you're going to take $1,000 out of the pockets of 160 million americans for full year 2012, that's a lot of disposal income that won't be spent on growth. so, i think a lot of people are hop

i am joined today by gordon spencer, who is our radiofrequency engineer for at&t mobility. hammond, a licensed professional engineer with the city california whose firm conducted the radiofrequency testing and prepare the reports that are part of your package. at&t was granted a conditional use permit to place and new six panel wireless facility at 2041 larkin street which is known as church of the fellowship of all peoples. the panel antennas will be placed inside the church. there are 50 pounds each. for a total of 300 pounds. the necessary equipment will be housed in a room on the second floor outside of the public view. under the city's wireless telecommunication services, this is a preference one location. it is a preferred structure, it is a public structure located within an fh 3 zoning district. -- rh 3 sunning district. we looked at 23 different sites in the corresponding area. this was the only preference one location to serve the residents of this area. the subject location is the least intrusive means by which at&t mobility can close the existing significant ser

there is no doubt about it, at&t needed t mobile to get more airwaves. you talk about the connection with at&t, it needs more spectrum. more airwaves. they were hoping to get that through t mobile which would have been the worse combined have the been the largest mobile phone company in the united states. don't feel so bad for t mobile that is owned by deutsche telecom as part of this breakup of the deal they will get multibillions. 4 to 6 billion from at&t because the deal didn't go through. steve jobs used to complain google steals all its stuff. >> they got dozens of patents out there, shep. certainly steve jobs, of course, who passed away in october, always said that the google's android operating system was a complete rip off of the iphone. what this deals with. >> which it is. it is. this particular one is data trapping. get an email and fen number in it. this particular patent you can take that phone number and actually call it. it picks up that information. the problem is here whether this finally settle the feud between the two companies? >> no a

. >>> in other news at&t is bowing out of the agreement to buy t-mobile for 39 billion dollar. it went belly up following concerns the deal would raise prices and give consumers fewer choices. in august, the justin department sued to block the deal. chairman of the sec said he he didn't sport deal. at&t will have to pay $3 billion to the company owning t- mobile. >>> if you hate paying atm fees we could have a solution. watch a tv commercial while waiting a company called free atmsnyc says you can avoid fees if you watch a commercialwhile waiting for the transaction. it won't take longer to get cash and if you don't want to watch, you pay the fee. the first free atm ad something tested in brooklyn. >>> -- ad is being tested in brooklyn. >>> an extraordinary tale of survivor. three people on board a vessel stayed alive. >>> and demonstrators clashed with police in cairo. what triggered the latest rash of violence. you are watching "good morning maryland" what's new, now and next for you on this tuesday, december 20th. having triplets is such a blessing. not financially. so we sw

. >>> in our alert tonight at&t is bowing out of its agreement to buy t mobile. the offer went belly up after the government raised concern that the deal would increase prices and give customers fewer choices. in august the justice department sued to block the deal. the chairman of the fcc didn't support is because they are back out at&t will have to pay $3 billion to the company that currently owns t mobile. >>> she is one of the biggest names in music and now a make up add featuring taylor swift is being pulled for false advertising. they were using the picture to sell mascara. they pulled it when it was claimed they started investigating the small print on the picture. it reads lashes enhanced in post production. they didn't return any of the calls to abc news. the investigation has been suspended since the add was pulled. >>> . you know we have spent the last few weeks telling you how to keep your home and kids safe during the holidays. what about your pets in we have some tips to help the four legged members of the family stay healthy during the holidays. >>

i think at&t tried to fight t- mobile for one reason. t-mobile had built out urban networks in a way at&t had not. they were simply saying deutsche telekom is in jeopardy, so let us buy that. i think there was the predicate of the purchase, which has now been turned down. >> do you have a prediction of how many tv stations might sell out? >> i do not know. i have inquired of broadcaster after broadcaster. i have found only a few who plan to take advantage of this. that are not the stations providing local news, weather, and sports. they may be other startup channels that are not succeeding financially. they may take the money and run. >> a question is how much are you when to give me, which we don't know. more options are welcomed by tv stations having financial problems. >> if they do it, we support the decision to do so. >> verizon is now buying spectrum from changing companies. do the broadcasters have excess spectrum they could sell in the marketplace? >> i am not aware of it. what i am aware of it is when you get a broadcast license

. >>> also, the justice department's antitrust suit over the proposed at&t merger with t-mobile is now on hold. the wireless carrier's asked for time to rethink the deal. the justice department and a federal judge agreed. meanwhile, dish network has expressed some interest in buying t-mobile if at&t does not. >>> the video game modern warfare three has set another record. $1 billion in sales. and it took just 16 days to do it. modern warfare 3 is the latest in the call of duty series, which has been played by about 30 million people since it began in 2003. >>> and sales of champagne are bubbling, as we go into the holidays. just two years ago, sales were flat, pun totally intended, thanks to the global economic downturn. but the industry now appears headed to a vintage year. other markets are seeing a similar upturn. >>> and elizabeth taylor's fabulous jewelry goes on sale today. the christie's auction is being held in new york. it includes jewelry given to the actress from richard burton and close friend, michael jackson. taylor died in march at the age of 79. the jewels could fetch $

bottom line at&t has hung up on the deal t mobile as well. hat was to issue everywhere in a new era not happening. two month extension of the payroll tax cut just hours from now. house speaker john boehner saying saying it would only create more uncertainty for job creators. blaming latest vote on tea party revolt. director for the national economic council gene sperling. good to have you. >> thank you. >> where does it stand right now. >> well, i think all of us and i think most of america certainly thought when 90% of the senate came together to support a compromise to meet the president's basic principle that we're going to extend the payroll tax and unemployment insurance so 160 million americans don't see their taxes go up at the beginning of january that we have a deal that was something the speaker of the house supported. quite a shock and surprise to now learn that after having 90% of the senate, you know, republicans and democrats support this deal, that this might now be blown up and once again we could be at risk for seeing taxes go

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for one reason because t-mobile built out networks in the way at&t had not. they said telecom is in jeopardy. let's buy that because then we don't have to duplicate it. i think that was the predicate of their purchase, which has now been turned down. >>>> guest: do you have any prediction that how many tv stations might agree to sell out? >> guest: i don't know. honestly, i have inquired broadcasters after broadcasters, finding only a few who plan to take advantage of this, and they are not the stations that are providing local news, weather, and sports. they may be other start up channels that are simply not succeeding financially, and they may take the money and run. >> guest: of course, 5 lot of it is is how much are you going to give me? which we don't know. how's the economy? perhaps an economy not doing well, more options are welcomed by a tv station if they are having financial problems. >> guest: you know, and, again, if they choose to do that, we support their freedoms to do so. >> host: senator smith, you referred to the fact that verizon is buys sp

. >>> at&t is throwing in the towel giving up its attempt to buy t-mobile usa. tage was hoping to pay $39 billion for its rival and become the largest cell phone company in the u.s. but the federal government objects concerned that the merge we're raise prices, reduce innovation and give customers fewer choices. at&t now has to pay t-mobile's german parent company a $3 billion breakup fee. a breakup fee! >>> score one for apple in its patent fight with software and smart phone makers. the international trade commission has ruled that taiwan-based htc infringed on a feature that allows a user to tap on a phone number in an email and be connected immediately. this is the latest development in apple's fight against android the software made by google that powers htc phones. >>> this is somewhat of a phenomenon coming across the country this christmas season. they are called layaway angels. strangers paying off thousands of dollars in someone else's layaway debt now taking off in the bay area. angels paid the money and most of the donors aren't rich. >> he told me,

. >>> at&t merger with t-mobile is no more and apple makes headway in a long-running patent battle. 's jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> reporter: good morning. at&t throwing the towel in on its proposed $39 billion deal to buy t-mobile a much smaller k. regulators fought it saying it would cut competition down, bad for consumers as a result, probably resulting in higher prices down the road. sprint the third largest carrier out there cheering this news it was it was falling way behind as 80% of the market would be concentrated in at&t and verizon. >>> at&t shares run this morning despite that news. they are going to have to pay t- mobile $3 billion in breakup fees. sprint shares up 4%. apple against htc, they had a narrow victory. the international trade commission issuing a longer- than-typical 120-day stay on its ruling giving htc time to work around the patent violation in question giving it time to get that fix so it can sell its phones in the u.s. and avoid injunctions against the sales >>> housing starts in november rising 9.3% from october to a year and a half

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the the worst sector was the telecom sector dragged down by at&t dropping its buyout effort of t-mobile. today verizon was the telecom company cancelling plans and deciding not go through with a new $2 fee for wireless customers paying on-line orion line. customers and regulators complained about that. shares gained just a fraction. it was enough to put verize on at a new 452 week high, up 13% this year. two other telecom stocks rallying nicely, prepaid wirelessless provider metro pcs has renewed speculation there could be a buyout and frontier communications sumping 3%, piper jaffray began coverage of the stock calling it neutral but expecting its dividend to continue in the near term. as we mentioned earlier, bonds beat stocks this year as investors sought safety despite the u.s. losing its aaa credit rating this summer. the interest rate on the 10 year government note fell today down to 1.88% as the rates fall, bond prices rise. this is the first area on record that 10-year note has closed out a cat ender year with an interest rate below 2%. and that is tonight's market focus. >> tom

t. mobile and dominate the world was market despite spending millions on advertising and lobbying antitrust officials at the department of justice and the f.c.c. a locked purchase saying that it would hurt consumers and lead to less competition had the merger gone through then a do awfully of two companies eighty and t. and verizon would own eighty percent of the national wireless market so what does this victory for consumers mean and might it trigger a new wave of trust busting even break up the transnational corporate giants that have come to dominate our markets joining me now is jennifer posner media critic founder and executive director of women in media news and author of the book reality bites back jennifer welcome thank you it's now nice to be here thanks for joining us isn't to try awfully almost as bad as a do up away we have now three big companies controlling eighty percent of the wireless market. well you know at this point we need every big major media justice victory we can take so while it is absolutely true that we have a very monopolistic media market that doesn't serve t

t. mobile a deal which was widely criticized by consumer groups as anti-competitive would have merged the fourth largest telecom with the second largest creating one superdelegate to rule them all but luckily for consumers this merger was met with an anti-trust lawsuit from the justice department with deputy attorney general james cole saying the following we believe the combination of eighteen t. and t. mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the united states facing higher prices fewer choices and lower quality products for their mobile wireless services and eighty's decision to nix this deal today which would put them out at least four billion dollars does come as a little bit of a surprise and they've remained defiant until the end of valuing to buy the government's lawsuit in fact just eleven days ago they said that they would not be backing down and despite their ultimate realisation that they would not win this costly suit defiant they were made in a press release today eighteen to do their best to blame the f.c.c. and the part of justice for the failure of

t. mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the united states facing higher prices fewer choices and lower quality products for their mobile wireless services and eighty's decision to nix this deal today which would have put them out at least four billion dollars does come as a little bit of a surprise they've remained defiant until the end of valuing to buy the government's lawsuit in fact just eleven days ago they said that they would not be backing down and despite their ultimate realisation that they would not win this costly suit defiant they were made and. press release today eighteen to do their best to blame the f.c.c. and the part of justice for the failure of the merger saying if they do not understand the realities of the u.s. wireless industry fall poor eighty and see the big bad government ruined your attempt at screwing over consumers too bad now they even have the nerve to say that ultimately the customers will lose out in the collapse of this deal saying that customers will be harmed and needed investment will be stifled somehow i kind of doubt that

and, you know, i think at&t tried to buy t-mobile for one reason, because t-mobile had built out urban networks in the way at&t had not. and so they were simply saying, look, georgia telecom is in jeopardy. let's buy that because then we don't have to duplicate it. so i think that was the predicate of their purchase which has now been turned down. >> host: do you have any prediction on how many tv stations might agree to sell out? >> guest: i don't know. you know, honestly, i have inquired and broadcaster after broadcaster, i have found only a few who plan to take advantage of this. and they are not the stations that are providing local news, weather and sports. they may be other start-up channels that are just simple my not succeeding financially, and they may take the money and run. >> host: of course. a lot of it is how much are you going to give me, which we don't know, and then what's the economy like. you would assume that an economy that, perhaps, isn't doing as well, more options are welcomed by a tv station if they're having financial problems. >> guest: yeah, you know, and ag

is the kicker on this one, at&t is going to pay a $3 billion, "b" for billion for break-up fee to t-mobile that's why this is such a landmark unbreaking of a union that could have been with ma bell. >> how is wall street reacting? >> well, what's interesting about this is that at&t right now, the stock is up just about 0.5%, which is interesting. considering how much money they will have to spend to break up this deal. sprint, however, the competition, is up 4%. it fought to have the deal blocked. so, now there's talk that t-mobile might merge with sprint instead. t-mobile doesn't have enough spectrum for a competitive 4g network, so, it may turn to sprint. we'll see what happens. this deal, deal isn't over yet. >> all right. down industri dow industrials up, that's good news. thanks. >>> don mattingly may be a little out of his league. he goes drag. oh, yeah, huge hoop skirt, makeup, wig, full monty. we'll tell you why he took off his uniform for the spectacle. sports in ten minutes with jeff fischel. >>> well, high school senior doesn't let epilepsy and other disabilities get him down. t