The wireless megamerger of AT&T Inc (T.N) and T-Mobile will be a tough sell, said the senior Democrat at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in an interview with C-SPAN provided to reporters on Thursday. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said AT&T's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA "may be an even steeper climb" than the Comcast-NBCU merger, which he voted against. Still Jim Cicconi, AT&T's chief of public affairs who is leading the lobbying effort for the merger, told reporters this week he was optimistic the merger would be approved.
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