CPUC May Decide T-Mobile/Sprint With States' Suit Pending, Says TURN
While California’s lawsuit against T-Mobile/Sprint awaits decision, the California Public Utilities Commission “has a full record and sufficient evidence to move forward with a finding that this merger is not in the public interest and to deny merger approval or…
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impose significant conditions,” The Utility Reform Network (TURN) Managing Director-San Diego Christine Mailloux emailed Thursday. The carriers seek a February CPUC decision, but some say CPUC will wait for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) and a verdict on his and other state AGs’ lawsuit at U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (see 1912230041 and 1912260020). TURN hopes “the CPUC and the AG can cooperate and work together, to the extent the law allows, to ensure a consistent policy and decision-making process to benefit and protect California wireless consumers,” Mailloux said. “However, these reviews have proven unpredictable and TURN is uncertain whether the offices are coordinating or would wait for one or the other to finish their processes.” The CPUC and California AG office didn’t comment.