Friday, 4 October 2019

T-Mobile clinches FCC support for Sprint merger; formal vote could take place next week

FCC chairman Ajit Pai recently chastised Sprint. The carrier sought payment from the U.S. government for 885,000 consumers who were subscribed to the subsidized Lifeline program but did not use the service. Pai scolded the carrier saying "It’s outrageous that a company would claim millions of taxpayer dollars for doing nothing. This shows a careless disregard for program rules and American taxpayers." As ominous as that sounded at the time for FCC approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, Bloomberg reports today that three commissioners including Pai have decided to vote "Yes" on the deal. Considering ...

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