The Justice Department's Concerns
After nearly a year of back and forth and a lengthy negotiation process, the Justice Department finally gave Sprint and T-Mobile the green light to come together last week.
The Justice Department initially wasn’t keen on the mega-merger because it had concerns that by combining two of the largest carriers, competition would decrease and that could mean price hikes for consumers. The Justice Department had been holding out on approving the deal unless a fourth carrier could be created to remedy its antitrust concerns. Reports in July of Sprint and T-Mobile selling off wireless assets were thought to potentially have been put in play to help the merger gain approval from the Justice Department.
