While some of these proposed restrictions may be objectionable to America Online, none of them is likely to be so severe as to block the completion of the deal, industry executives and consumer advocates agreed.
President Obama has said he will veto legislation that attempts to move the pipeline forward prior to completion of an Executive Branch evaluation of the project.
But the companies themselves now have agreed to delay completion of the acquisition until late May or early June, the executives said, so that Deutsche Telekom can avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in cash dividends that would be due VoiceStream's shareholders if the deal closed before Deutsche Telekom's annual shareholder meeting in May.
Within weeks of the merger's completion, the top executives of the combined company made a series of announcements intended to demonstrate collaboration.
Upon completion of the deal, Mr. Lundgren will retain the chief executive position and Mr. Archibald will become executive chairman for three years.
Vincent DeLaurentis, Getty's president and chief operating officer, will serve as principal executive officer pending completion of the merger, the company said.
The company "is currently focused on the successful completion of the Global Strategy acquisition," said Blake Goldring, the chief executive, and is not interested in taking on another acquisition now.
Upon completion of the sale, C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T's chairman and chief executive, will become chairman of the combined AT&T Comcast company.
Upon completion of the Comcast deal, C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T's chairman and chief executive, is to depart to become chairman of the combined AT&T Comcast cable company.
The combined company is expected to be run by Serge Tchuruk, Alcatel's chief executive, while Henry B. Schacht, Lucent's chairman and chief executive, is expected to stay on through the completion of the merger and a transition period.
County officials have spent half a million dollars on litigation, said Martin Nichols, executive director of the authority, and completion of the project has been delayed by several years.
