Despite constant news coverage of Sprint claiming they highly disapproved of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger as well as plenty of on-the-record quotes from various Sprint execs also singing the same tune, the company hasn’t actually filed any of the necessary paperwork with the FCC.
Better late than never — Today Sprint officially filed a “Petition to Deny” request with FCC reiterating many of the complaints they’ve voiced thus far. They include:
- AT&T/T-Mobile will hurt the U.S. broadband economy and consumers
- AT&T/T-Mobile merger will hurt innovation and investment
- AT&T/T-Mobile merger doesn’t hold any public interest benefit
Sprint also hits home the fact that a combined AT&T and T-Mobile would hold over 80% of the U.S. cellular revenue — a very, very bad idea.
Hopefully those responsible in our government can see the devil in the details…
Source: Sprint
