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Deutsche Telekom shares rose firmly in Frankfurt Monday amid speculation of a potential merger between its majority-owned T-Mobile US (TMUS) unit with wireless rival Sprint (S). Sprint’s parent Softbank Group (SFTBY) is planning to approach Deutsche Telekom about a merger between the two carriers and is prepared to give up control over a combined entity, Reuters reported last Friday [The Street]…While they hash that out, I have 1 bar, no, now 2 bars, now 1 bar — I can’t get Internet access and my phone locks up while texting. You would think I could switch to a lower-priced cell plan. You would be wrong [AT&T “connections that count”]…The FCC has adopted an additional order in the AM Revitalization docket, this one relaxing the siting rules for FM translators rebroadcasting AM radio stations, loosening the standard from the current rule that requires the translator’s 60 dBu contour to be contained in the lesser of the primary AM station’s 2 mV/m daytime contour or within a 25-mile radius of the AM transmitter site to the greater of the two limits. – AllAccess…KZOK personality Danny Bonaduce spoke out about the news that David Cassidy is suffering from a form of dementia…