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Celina Aarons' deaf brother communicates via text message. She usually pays about $175 a month for his cell phone.

But when he went to Canada without an international plan, the bill was more than $200,000. A Miami TV station intervened, and now T-Mobile says Aarons only owes $2,500.

She has six months to pay.

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AP - The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers.

The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile. Officials say combining the country's second- and fourth-largest mobile phone carriers would be bad for competition.

The $39 million deal has been under scrutiny from lawmakers and consumer groups. And the No. 3 carrier, Sprint Nextel, objects to the merger.

AP - Justice Department officials say they've filed suit to block AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA.

Mobile phone giant AT&T has announced plans to buy major rival T-Mobile. If the deal goes through, AT&T would dominate U.S. telecommunications.

It's reminiscent of when Ma Bell had a monopoly over the industry. Bloomberg New technology columnist Rich Jaroslovsky talks to Linda Wertheimer about the concerns of a monopoly.

T-Mobile hoped to pressure its 33 million customers to pay online by charging $1.50 for each paper bill. If half its customers wanted to pay the old-fashioned way, it could have raked in $25 million a month from the new fee.

But the company backed off when customers complained and it was told it had to allow them out of contracts before imposing a fee.

Mobile phones keep getting fancier. They've got video, music, email and application stores let you download everything from games to financial planners.

This summer smart phones will be getting even smarter. Apple is expected to announce a new iPhone, T-Mobile's Google Androd is getting a facelift and the Palm Pre will be released soon.