Prepaid Wireless Group Supports T-Mobile/Sprint Settlement With DOJ
Prepaid Wireless Group supported the T-Mobile/Sprint/Dish Network settlement, in Tunney Act review of DOJ's settlement before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly. PWG said (in Pacer) Friday the government accord "would be in the public interest by fostering a competitive…
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wireless market for the 5G era. By extending existing T-Mobile and Sprint agreements with MVNOs [mobile virtual network operators] under their current terms and conditions for a minimum of seven years, the Settlement would preserve competition in the wireless market and put downward pressure on prices." The court denied a request by NTCH to file an amicus brief. The Rural Wireless Association, New America’s Open Technology Institute and Consumer Reports filed that the deal should be denied. “The proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would result in a four-to-three reduction in the number of nationwide wireless service providers, and the Division has already demonstrated that the merger as it was proposed would diminish competition substantially.” Former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth said the question before the court is straight forward. “There is no requirement that DISH replace Sprint as a competitor or that the market be restored to ‘ex ante competitive conditions,’” he said (in Pacer). “The goal of the Proposed Final Judgment is to address the likely anticompetitive effects of an acquisition.”