Support Builds for T-Mobile/UScellular Merger

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2025 – T-Mobile’s planned merger with UScellular, under attack by some, has in recent days seen support for the deal grow in public comments filed with the nation’s top communications regulator.

The Free State Foundation, the American Consumer Institute, the National Rural Education Association, and the Association of Women’s Business Centers have all recently submitted comments or letters of support to the Federal Communications Commission, which must approve the $4.4 billion deal that includes T-Mobile acquiring UScellular’s wireless operations, customers, and 30 percent of its licensed spectrum.

The Free State Foundation submitted an Opposition to Petitions to Deny, but it did not take a formal position.