Critics of T-Mobile/UScellular Deal Meet Simington Aides
Opponents of T-Mobile’s proposed buy of wireless assets from UScellular met with aides to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington to elaborate on their concerns, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 24-286. The parties at the meeting were the Rural Wireless Association, EchoStar, Communications Workers of America, Public Knowledge and New America’s Open Technology Institute. They discussed many of the issues presented in other meetings at the FCC (see 2503210032).
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“The Industry Coalition generally expressed concerns with the Applicants’ proposed transaction, questioned its purported public interest benefits, and noted that the Applicants have the burden of proving that the proposed transaction serves the public interest,” the filing said. T-Mobile and UScellular announced the deal in May, which is valued at about $4.4 billion, including $2 billion in assumed debt (see 2405280047).