When we did our in-depth analysis, this was a company that certainly faced a whole list of challenges, including competition in its major businesses in switches and routers.

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Ironically, this is how Buffett got started 60 years ago when security analysis was in its infancy, and he had no competition.

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In antitrust lingo, that analysis focuses on the extent to which the merger might reduce effective competition for wireless services.

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