Daily Digest 5/30/2019 (FCC Broadband Deployment Report)
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Thu, 05/30/2019
FCC report finds broadband is being deployed on a reasonable and timely basis
Department of Justice Wants T-Mobile to Create New Competitor as Part of Deal
Apparently, top Justice Department officials want T-Mobile US and Sprint to lay the groundwork for a new wireless carrier -- with its own network -- as a condition to clearing their $26.5 billion merger. But the idea of spinning off a full-fledged national competitor would be a high bar for T-Mobile and Sprint to meet. T-Mobile and Sprint, the two smallest national wireless carriers, have to weigh whether the remedies offered to gain approval are too onerous.