AT&T in talks to acquire DirecTV for over $50 billion

Comcast wants to buy Time Warner Cable for $42 billion. Now AT&T wants to buy DirecTV for $50 billion, according to multiple news reports on Monday. The proposed tie-up between the two tech titans, were it to take place, would be the largest telecom deal in years. If you’re AT&T, a deep-pocketed national telecom giant watching national policymakers gnash teeth and rend garments about the proposed $42 billion merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, what would you do? Buy satellite giant DirecTV in a $50 billion deal, of course! That’s what’s seemingly on the verge of happening, according to multiple reports on Monday. The proposed tie-up between the two tech titans — which would be the largest telecom deal in years — is not unexpected.