Clearwire CEO Expresses Concerns With AT&T Deal

John Stanton, the founder of T-Mobile USA's predecessor and chief executive of Clearwire, criticized AT&T's proposed deal to buy T-Mobile USA, calling it a "huge challenge to competition in the industry."

"This represents something we're seriously concerned with," Stanton said. He added that he would express his concerns to the government as regulators begin to scrutinize the deal. Stanton called AT&T a well-organized and disciplined company, but he added it is a "brutal competitor." He described the company's insistence on keeping the Apple Inc. iPhone an exclusive device for as long as it did "stepping on the air hose of T-Mobile."