T-Mobile/Sprint Needs 5 More State OKs After New Jersey Clearance
Five states remain to clear T-Mobile buying Sprint after the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities joined 13 other states needed, Sprint said in a Thursday letter to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which is reviewing the deal. The carriers…
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await state OKs in California, Hawaii, Mississippi and New York, Sprint said. The New Jersey BPU cleared the deal Tuesday without conditions, saying it's "not expected to adversely impact competition," rates, jobs or service. The board lacks jurisdiction over wireless infrastructure, it added. Earlier last week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. and Team Telecom, comprising DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security and DOD, withdrew its request the FCC defer action (see 1812180044). The New York Public Service Commission should give more time to file a second round of comments on T-Mobile/Sprint, the Communications Workers of America and Public Utility Law Project said Friday. The commission Thursday gave until Jan. 3 (see 1812200049), but CWA and PULP said they should be due around Jan. 17. Under current deadlines, they would “functionally have five working days” when considering holidays, travel and other commitments, they said. “This time frame will make it impossible to comply with the Protective Order, receive the Confidential material, analyze such material and other parts of the Petitioner’s comments, receive benefit of expert analysis and otherwise fully and fairly participate.”