Possible Sprint Buy-out by Deutsche Telekom

weakkneed · #1 (**permalink**) 03-12-2008, 01:12 PM

Wildthing, if DT is owned by a foreign government, The U.S. government would have grounds to stop the purchase on national security issues. I would not like to see something as important as telecommunications owned and controlled by a foreign entity that might have reason to spy or manipulate( I know, I know, HP and other multinational companies already do this). This has nothing to do with Germany who is a good NATO ally, but with any foreign government

eehrhard · #2 (**permalink**) 03-12-2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by weakkneed

Wildthing, if DT is owned by a foreign government, The U.S. government would have grounds to stop the purchase on national security issues. I would not like to see something as important as telecommunications owned and controlled by a foreign entity that might have reason to spy or manipulate( I know, I know, HP and other multinational companies already do this). This has nothing to do with Germany who is a good NATO ally, but with any foreign government

You realize that T-Mobile is owned by DT right? Why would the US government care?