T-Mobile Renews Attack on AT&T-East Kentucky Deal
T-Mobile renewed its attack on AT&T’s proposed buy of three lower 700 MHz C-block licenses from East Kentucky Network, saying the FCC should show “aspirational words” on competitive markets in the agency’s 2014 mobile holdings order don’t “ring hollow.” Last…
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week, AT&T called T-Mobile’s opposition to the deal “magenta madness” and asked the FCC to wrap up an order on the transaction, saying it would help the carrier deploy LTE in the markets covered (see 1601110062). “If ever there were a transaction the FCC should deny under ‘enhanced factor’ review, it is AT&T's proposed acquisition of low-band spectrum in parts of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky,” T-Mobile said in its latest filing. “These are mostly rural markets where AT&T already controls 60 percent of the market in some areas and stands to benefit from excluding competitive entry.” The letter was posted by the FCC Wednesday in docket 15-79.