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posted by martyb on Wednesday November 06 2019, @12:38AM   Printer-friendly
from the hot-pink-plus-yellow-equals-??? dept.

FCC formally approves the T-Mobile-Sprint merger

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally approved the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. The decision comes after a drawn-out, and at times contentious, review of T-Mobile's $26.5 billion bid to merge with Sprint.

The FCC believes the deal will close the digital divide and advance 5G in the US. T-Mobile and Sprint have committed to deploying 5G service to cover 97 percent of Americans within three years. They've also pledged to provide 90 percent of Americans with access to mobile service with speeds of at least 100 Mbps within six years. The FCC's approval is conditional on those promises, and the parties could be fined over $2 billion if they don't meet those goals.


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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday November 06 2019, @01:58AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday November 06 2019, @01:58AM (#916653) Homepage
    But you started this in 1982: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
    It's just that you only addresses that one single case and then completely forgot about why you had done it almost immediately afterwards.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @02:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @02:35AM (#916669)

    Breaking up AT&T was a stupid move because we the people love monopoly. Almost every MVNO in America is owned by América Móvil anyway which is reseller of every carrier. Why bother having four or three mobile carriers when we only need one.