Moffett notes that both companies are confident the deal can pass muster, noting among other things that German-owned T-Mobile will become American-owned.
There are even serious suggestions that neither the MX nor the Midgetman can muster the necessary support to field them in, respectively, rail- or road-mobile configurations.
At question is whether the company can muster the talent to either extend its dominant desktop franchise and architecture and put it into the hands of mobile consumers, or redefine its position in the category completely, in what is already a very fragmented market.