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# DOJ Asks FCC to Pause T-Mobile, UScellular Transaction
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/doj-asks-fcc-to-pause-t-mobile-uscellular-transaction/
- Published: 2024-11-20T19:08:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:01:01.000Z
- Description: Foreign ownership of T-Mobile could pose a security risk, DOJ said
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: Spectrum, #with-siderail, Briefs, DOJ, FCC, T-Mobile, USCellular, Deutche Telekom, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2024 – The Justice Department has requested that a proposed transaction between T-Mobile and the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier be paused pending assessment by law enforcement officials for possible [foreign security risks](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/t-mobile-lumos-deal-under-review-for-foreign-participation-2/).

The Justice Department asserted [in a Tuesday](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/111955898719/1?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) filing with the Federal Communications Commission that the transaction should be paused while the agency assesses the proposed merger between T-Mobile and UScellular for foreign participation that could harm the telecom industry or pose national security risks.

T-Mobile [proposed the acquisition](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/t-mobile-uscellular-pitch-merger-to-fcc/) on Sep. 13\. The company is led by CEO **Mike Sievert**.

T-Mobile is majority owned by Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company based in Bonn serving more than 22 million broadband subscribers in multiple countries.

The $4.4 billion deal would see T-Mobile, already the nation’s largest provider of 5G internet, acquire four million UScellular customers and about a third of its spectrum.