Lawmakers urge Department of Justice to review T-Mobile's plans for Dish

A bipartisan pair of Colorado lawmakers want the Justice Department (DOJ) to investigate T-Mobile's plans to shut down a network used by Dish customers. T-Mobile agreed to help Dish stand up its own 5G network as a condition of obtaining approval for the Sprint merger, but Dish argues that T-Mobile is putting its customers at risk with its shutdown plans. Rep Ken Buck (R-CO) and Rep Joe Neguse (D-CO), both on the House antitrust subcommittee, said it is "critical that parties live up to the commitments provided to regulators" in a letter to acting antitrust chief Richard Powers. If the DOJ concludes T-Mobile's plans are contrary to the commitments the company made as part of the merger, or would raise competitive concerns likely to harm consumers, the lawmakers encouraged "prompt remedial action."