Beijing time November 6 morning message, FCC approval T-Mobile and Sprint merge, it considers merger to stimulate competition, speed 5G deployment speed. The opponents believe that the combination violates common sense, because the merger will form the "three giants" pattern, that is, the mobile market is ruled by the three giants, they will sell the market, raise the price, only compete for the most profitable customers.
T-Mobile and Sprint merge mean that the third largest and fourth largest operators in the United States are officially married, they will surpass AT & T become the second largest operator in the United States, and the entire transaction is worth $ 26.5 billion.
In order to compete with larger AT & T and Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint have been merger for many years. The merger encounters some resistance, some people think that the new giants after T-Mobile and Sprint merge will have a stronger competitiveness, but the consumer selection will decrease.
Until recently, AT & T and Verizon have achieved some success. In July, the US Department of Justice agreed to merge two companies. In order to resolve competition, the Ministry of Justice proposes some remedies, which also affects FCC's decision-making, allowing it to have more confidence to approve transactions. Interestingly, at the beginning of the year, the Ajit Pai, Ajit Pai, has suggested that the transaction will be approved, and the remedial measures have not yet been developed.
According to the requirements, Sprint must sell Boost Mobile brand, T-Mobile must sell the company's DITWORK rights. The government's intent is obvious, I hope that Dish, Boost and other small players can join us to build a new wireless network, compete with giants.
It doesn't seem to be unfair? Jessica Rosenworcel is thinking, she said: "The government's practice is not stimulating providers to compete with each other, today's order is nothing more than patching a new provider, and patching When the government decides who should sell to who, when selling, the government wants to use this way to demonstrate the concentration is reasonable. "
Supporters believe that the merged new companies can deploy 5G at a faster speed. The FCC Chairman Agit Assistant: "After the merger, the new T-Mobile business scale has expanded, with more spectrum resources, can deploy strong 5G network in the United States. In the vast rash rural areas of the United States, new T-Mobile can Let the mobile broadband market become more competitive, in this area, in these areas, no matter whether Sprint or T-Mobile is unable to compete with AT & T or Verizon. "
The Agit sent also believes that some people feel that large operators have reduced from 4 to 3 hurt competition, which is too simple to conserve. He explained that in many regions, the merger will actually turn the number of competitors from 2 to 3, before only Verizon and AT & T compete, now the new T-Mobile joins.
However, the FCC Member Jeffrey Starks believes that the view of the Agit sent is too simple, why? Starks pointed out: "From the short term, the merger may make thousands of people unemployment. From the long run, the market will rule the three major wireless giants, they will dig the hollow soul market, raise the price, only compete for those most profitable customer of."
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