MVNO Altice Meets FCC Staff on T-Mobile/Sprint Concerns
Mobile virtual network operator Altice USA said it met with aides to FCC commissioners and the T-Mobile/Sprint Task Force to raise questions about whether the deal will hurt it and other MVNOs. There's "disconnect in the record between the…
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public interest statement filed by Sprint and T-Mobile, which relies heavily on MVNOs as a competitive force to justify the further market concentration they propose, and the absence of tangible commitments to ensure a robust and durable, long-term, nationwide MVNO market,” said a filing Thursday in docket 18-197. All MVNOs aren’t the same, Altice said: It's a full infrastructure-based MVNO that uses only the radio access network of its mobile network operator partners. T-Mobile and Sprint said Thursday they met with members of the task force to answer questions and present the “New T-Mobile business plan” with many redactions.