评论人士表示此次并购将形成两强争霸的格局：美国电话电报公司再加上其主要竞争对手威瑞森无线通讯（Verizon）将共同占据了美国无线业务约80%的市场份额（见下图）。

Critics say the merger would create a predatory duopoly: AT&T and its main rival, Verizon, would have a combined share of about 80% of America’s wireless market (see chart below).

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美国电话电报公司(AT&T Inc.)的首席执行长斯蒂芬森(Randall Stephenson)上周在接受采访时说，该公司约40%的iPhone手机都卖给了企业或企业答应给报销一部分购机费用的个人。

AT&T Inc. (T) CEO Randall Stephenson said in an interview last week that about 40% of its iPhones are sold to companies or individuals with corporate discounts.

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