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Live from CTIA 2011 keynote: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon square off

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 9:00 AM

We’re live at the CTIA show in San Diego and we’re about to hear the day one keynote and it should be a doozy, as the CEOs of AT&T, Sprint and Verizon will duke it out.

We can consider this round two, as AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Verizon CEO Dan Mead were on the stage a few days after the news came out that AT&T was planning to buy T-Mobile, so the fireworks were flying. Hesse was scoring points left and right in his opposition to the deal, while Verizon’s leader was content to stay above the fray.

With the T-Mobile, AT&T deal on the brink of being blocked, AT&T’s CEO will definitely be trying hard to make the case that the mega-merger should be allowed. Hesse will naturally be against the deal and Mead will likely show off that awesome mustache. Join us for the fun at 9:30 a.m. PST, as we’ll be live blogging the heck out of it.

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Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • Mvz

    Marin, FYI Randolph Sephenson is the CEO of AT&T, Ralph de La Vega reports to him