Nothing has changed that would permit the Greenlining Institute to...
Nothing has changed that would permit the Greenlining Institute to have access to confidential information on Deutsche Telekom’s proposal to buy MetroPCS and merge the company with T-Mobile USA, DT and T-Mobile said in an FCC filing Tuesday. The institute,…
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which represents the interests of minorities, said in a recent filing it may consider asking the FCC to block the deal if its concerns are not addressed (CD Jan 18 p17). “The Applicants reiterate that Greenlining’s lack of participation in the ... proceeding renders it ineligible to access the unredacted Information Request response. The Applicants also categorically deny that T-Mobile USA promised Greenlining access to confidential and highly confidential materials in exchange for delaying filing in the FCC proceeding.” The FCC has previously found “that entities who have not filed pleadings during the comment cycle are not entitled to access to confidential and highly confidential materials filed in the proceeding, and should do so again here,” they said (http://xrl.us/bob2fr). The institute, meanwhile, went on the record with comments in the proceeding, also filed Tuesday. “Based on its initial and limited review of the proposed transaction, Greenlining believes that the proposed transaction could serve the public interest,” it said, while noting that is based only in the public interest statement filed by the carriers. “Without further information, Greenlining cannot determine whether the proposed transaction would ultimately benefit low-income consumers,” it said (http://xrl.us/bob2fc). “Greenlining intends to continue investigating the merger, and will supplement these comments as needed."