The proposed T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger will “likely improve” the combined carrier’s...
The proposed T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger will “likely improve” the combined carrier’s competitive standing in the U.S. wireless market, which will serve the public interest, said Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Free State research fellow Seth Cooper Monday in an…
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FCC filing. Deutsche Telekom announced Oct. 3 it was merging MetroPCS with T-Mobile in a deal that would give MetroPCS shareholders $1.5 billion in cash and a 26 percent ownership of the combined carrier (CD Oct 4 p1). The FCC had asked for comments as it considers whether to approve the proposed merger; comments were due Monday. T-Mobile will benefit from the addition of MetroPCS’s spectrum and other resources as it seeks to expand its deployment of 4G LTE services, May and Cooper said in the filing. While T-Mobile would benefit from the additional spectrum, it would be unlikely to exceed the FCC’s spectrum screen triggers, they said. “Additional capacity reduces risk of service disruption as spectrum is refarmed and customers migrate to more advanced networks.” The combination would not reduce the number of competitors nationwide or to a “significant” degree in any local market, May and Cooper said (http://xrl.us/bn3mbf).