The
Rural Wireless Association, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association,
Communications Workers of America, and three consumer groups called on
Congress to ensure that T-Mobile does not receive COVID-19 recovery
funding to meet its merger-specific build-out commitments. T-Mobile made
those promises when it sought approval of its acquisition of Sprint
from the FCC, Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and state
public utilities commissions.
“The New T-Mobile has repeatedly and emphatically claimed that as a
direct result of the merger, it would have the necessary resources to
deliver 5G to millions of square miles of the U.S. and hundreds of
millions of Americans, including those living in and traveling through
rural America,” the groups say in a letter. “[T]o the extent there will
be additional stimulus recovery measures, Congress needs to make sure
T-Mobile does not receive funding as a corporate handout to meet
commitments it already made based on synergies that it lauded to get its
deal done.” Continue Reading
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