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Mccaw Cellular Communications: the at&T/Mccaw Merger Negotiation
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McCaw Cellular Communications: The AT&T/McCaw Merger Negotiation

Armin Ezatagha Student Number ⏐ 205 576 707 eMail ⏐ aezatagha12@schulich.yorku.ca Schulich School of Business Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Current Telecommunications Ecosystem McCaw Cellular Communications (MCC), although positioned well with a new acquisition of LIN Broadcasting, find themselves in debt by $5 Billion could benefit from AT&T’s (ATT) brand name, data banks, marketing clout, and technical expertise. For this reason and the rapid pace of the changing technologies and players in the telecommunications industry, we are considering, herein, the possible selling price for MCC for an upcoming merger negotiation with ATT. In order to achieve our goal in determining the value of MCC appropriately, due diligence must be paid in valuating the company based on three methodologies agreed to be good commencement points for such an exercise in the mergers and acquisitions realm. These include a comparable companies analysis, a precedent transaction analysis, and a discounted cash


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