US: FCC’s Wheeler cheers at demise of Sprint, T-Mobile deal (Competition Policy International)

The head of the Federal Communications Commission lauded the news that Sprint parent company SoftBank would end discussions with T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom to strike a merger, say reports.

Tom Wheeler said Wednesday that maintaining the US wireless market with four major players is “good for American consumers.” Further, he …read more

Source: Global Competition Law Blogs

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@misc{21st-century-competition2014, author = {21st Century Competition}, title = {{US: FCC’s Wheeler cheers at demise of Sprint, T-Mobile deal (Competition Policy International)}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/08/us-fccs-wheeler-cheers-at-demise-of-sprint-t-mobile-deal-competition-policy-international/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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