Verizon/Tracfone Shouldn't Get Expedited Review, T-Mobile Tells FCC
T-Mobile opposed streamlined review of Verizon buying Tracfone (see 2009140010), in an undocketed FCC filing. “Applicants propose a $7 billion transaction under which the largest facilities-based provider of mobile wireless services in the United States would acquire the fourth largest…
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provider of wireless services by subscribership,” T-Mobile said: “While T-Mobile takes no position on the merits of the Application, a transaction of this magnitude warrants careful scrutiny and the opportunity for public comment -- no less than T-Mobile’s recent acquisition of Sprint.” Verizon didn't comment.