CEI Applauds FCC Support for Sprint-T-Mobile Merger

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Chairman Ajit Pai will circulate a draft order urging fellow commissioners vote to approve the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. CEI has long supported the proposed merger between the two companies.

Associate Director of CEI’s Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin said:

“CEI applauds FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and commissioner Brendan Carr for announcing their support for the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. While CEI has urged regulators to let the merger proceed without market-distorting conditions, like the requirement that Sprint divest itself of Boost Mobile, the FCC’s approval appears to be a relatively clean deal and could have been much, much worse.

“Allowing the Sprint-T-Mobile merger to proceed will provide numerous benefits to consumers and our economy and will let the market work to provide private capital for 5G deployment. CEI hopes the FCC and the Department of Justice will move swiftly to approve this win for American consumers.”

Read more:

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