With rumors of a Sprint/T-Mobile deal continuing to...
With rumors of a Sprint/T-Mobile deal continuing to swirl, Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer, head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, is expected to go out of his way Thursday night to discuss the importance of DOJ blocking the earlier…
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AT&T/T-Mobile deal. Baer’s comments came in prepared remarks he is to deliver to the New York State Bar Association. “Since AT&T terminated its effort to eliminate T-Mobile as a rival, T-Mobile has spearheaded increased competition in wireless services,” Baer said. “Shortly after the merger was abandoned, T-Mobile announced a $4 billion investment in modernizing its network and deploying 4G LTE service. It then made a series of moves to offer cheaper and better customer contracts, including offering plans without annual contracts and selling Apple’s iPhone 5 on better terms than the competition."