FCC chief tells Sprint chair he is skeptical on T-Mobile deal

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler expressed his skepticism about a potential merger between Sprint and T-Mobile in a meeting with Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son and Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse, according to an FCC official briefed on the matter. Chairman Wheeler said he would keep an open mind about the potential transaction, according to the official, and generally echoed comments made last week by antitrust chief William Baer, who gave long odds to a regulatory approval of mergers between any two of the top four wireless phone companies.