Everyone Finds Something to Like in FCC Approval of Wireless T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 – The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced their approval of the proposed merger of mobile wireless carriers T-Mobile and MetroPCS. Two years after the two agencies nixed AT&T’s attempted acquisition of T-Mobile on antitrus
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 – The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced their approval of the proposed merger of mobile wireless carriers T-Mobile and MetroPCS.
Two years after the two agencies nixed AT&T’s attempted acquisition of T-Mobile on antitrust grounds, different non-profit interest groups found different reasons to applaud the news.
“Not long ago AT&T and certain commenters were arguing that T-Mobile could not survive on its own, predicting that the national market would eventually be narrowed down to just two giant carriers,” said John Bergmayer, senior staff attorney at the non-profit Public Knowledge.
