The Communications Workers of America (CWA) objected Tuesday to T-Mobile...
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) objected Tuesday to T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom’s opposition to a full disclosure of its responses to the FCC’s request for confidential information in relation to the proposed merger of T-Mobile…
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and MetroPCS. “The Applicants’ objections lack any legal basis and, if accepted by the Commission, would constitute a dangerous departure from Commission precedent,” said CWA counsel Monica Desai in a letter to the FCC. “The Applicants do not have the right to determine what information may or may not be relevant to reviewing parties.” A redacted version of T-Mobile’s (http://xrl.us/bn939c) and MetroPCS’s responses to the FCC request were filed Monday (http://xrl.us/bn939e). In a separate letter, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile asked the FCC to limit CWA’s access to confidential information included in its full response (http://xrl.us/bn939a). MetroPCS also asked the FCC to limit the CWA’s access (CD Jan 9 p3). Desai, fellow CWA counsel Benjamin Bartlett and CWA Telecom Policy Director Debbie Goldman emphasized their objections Tuesday during a meeting with members of the FCC general counsel’s office and the Wireless Bureau. Bartlett and Desai “further requested that the Commission promptly require the Applicants to immediately provide in full the requested information, as required pursuant to the Commission’s rules, and as is consistent with Commission precedent and good public policy,” Desai said in an ex parte filing.