Sprint Nextel proves the AT&T/T-Mobile merger is good for competition
On September 7, 2011,
in General,
by Neil Stevens
As I’ve previously covered, the Department of Justice is suing AT&T, claiming its planned merger with T-Mobile USA harms competition in America. My retort has been market reactions to the lawsuit suggest it is the lawsuit that is anti-competitive, benefiting the existing national 4G duopoly: Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless.
That Sprint Nextel is jumping in with its own lawsuit now ends all doubt: the AT&T/T-Mobile deal would increase competition, benefiting buyers of high speed wireless service, to the detriment of the current duopoly which would be faced with tougher competition.
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Tagged with: 4G • AT&T • Barack Obama • Competition • Department of Justice • Eric Holder • FCC • Julius Genachowski • LightSquared • Oligopoly • Spectrum • Sprint • Sprint Nextel • T-Mobile • Verizon • Wireless