Justice Department staff reviewing the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint had recommended that the U.S. government sue to block the $26 billion deal. The recommendation came before the two companies offered a set of concessions this week.
The decision rests with Makan Delrahim, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's anti-trust division. By Tony Romm Tony Romm Staff writer covering technology policy Email Bio Follow May 22 at 3:51 PM Justice Department staff members who’ve have been reviewing the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint had recommended that the U.S.
Despite the recommendation, a decision to bring such a case has not been made. That authority rests with the DOJ’s top antitrust official, Makan Delrahim. A spokesman for DOJ declined to comment. Both the Justice Department and the FCC have been reviewing the proposed merger between T-Mobile, operated by Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, and Sprint, run by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, since the companies announced their plans in April 2018. The wireless carriers have argued that their combination would allow them to keep pace with their larger competitors, AT&T and Verizon.
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