"A series of told customers "you will" be able to travel across the country without stopping for directions (in-car navigation), send a "fax" (via a tablet) from the beach, buy concert tickets from a cash machine, make video calling, watch on-demand video and videoconference. The methods might be slightly off, but the concepts are remarkably dead-on.

The question is, if AT&T had such a solid grasp on the future why didn't it start working on the T-Mobile merger years ago?