Will regulators approve the massive T-Mobile-Sprint merger?
April 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
This weekend’s announcement of a proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has been years in the making. In 2014, the companies bailed on a deal after concerns that Obama-era antitrust regulators would intervene, as the Federal Communications Commission also expressed skepticism of huge mergers. But the two telecoms seem to think that, despite some aborted attempts, their time has finally come.
What’s changed? For one thing, a new administration — and some new regulators — are in charge. While the $26 billion deal still has to face approval from the FCC and Justice Department, the telecoms seem to think they might receive a more sympathetic hearing this time around.
As the two smaller players in a…
