T-Mobile defends FCC from AT&T attack

T-Mobile defended the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a statement on Jan 13, criticizing AT&T for the first time since the companies abandoned their plan to merge.

“T-Mobile strongly supports the Chairman’s ongoing efforts to obtain incentive auction authority and to make more spectrum available for the mobile industry," T-Mobile said in the statement. "Spectrum is the ‘life blood’ of the wireless industry and in a world of scarce spectrum opportunities, it is vital the FCC, as the expert agency, have the ability to design auctions to ensure robust competition exists for consumers."