Ability to Innovate Key to Mobile Competition, T-Mobile Says
The FCC should take into account the benefits to competition of innovative offerings by competitive carriers, as the agency prepares its annual report on competition in mobile (see 1606010023), T-Mobile said in a letter to Wireless Bureau Chief Jon Wilkins.…
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T-Mobile said it has rolled out numerous innovative programs in a series of “uncarrier” initiatives, and its larger competitors have noticed and in some cases followed. The FCC should be “mindful of actions that might inhibit or limit the ability of competitors like T-Mobile to offer innovative products and services to consumers,” the carrier said. “Development of original and creative consumer offerings that result in tangible benefits for consumers should be encouraged, not stymied by theoretical concerns. As history has shown us, adopting pro-competitive policies that encourage innovation will benefit not only T-Mobile customers, but all consumers throughout the mobile wireless market.” The letter in docket 16-137 didn't mention T-Mobile’s zero-rated Binge On offering, the subject of an FCC probe (see 1604260054).