T-Mobile chief executive John Legere, right, and Marcelo Claure, executive chairman of Sprint, testify Feb. 13 about the companies’ proposed merger during a House hearing. He argued that the merger would make T-Mobile big enough to challenge not only AT&T and Verizon, but also the “stranglehold” of high cable Internet prices. On Tuesday, eight Democratic senators sent letters to the FCC and Justice Department urging them to block the T-Mobile deal. T-Mobile and Sprint have said that only by joining forces can the two companies mount an effective challenge to the larger wireless carriers. Ahead of the hearings, some in Congress vowed to press T-Mobile and Sprint on those promised benefits, especially the proposed 5G, or fifth-generation, network.

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 11:01 UTC