Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the T-Mobile-Sprint merger along party lines. The agency’s Democratic Commissioners strongly opposed the deal citing the reason that it will harm market competition. They believe that consolidating the telecommunications industry will lead to higher prices for consumers.
The Fox’s approval is the final step necessary to secure the U.S. government’s full blessing to complete the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. However, the multistate lawsuit led by California and New York remains an obstacle.
Meanwhile, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, wrote a commentary published on the Dallas Morning News regarding the merger. According to him, “I saw this commitment to innovation in Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 11 other state attorneys general when they announced their support of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, which will create jobs, drive American innovation, and narrow the digital divide in urban and rural areas. But here in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is standing in the way of these benefits.”
