FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel Dissenting Statement on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

The T-Mobile-Sprint merger will end a golden age in wireless that helped bring to market lower prices and more innovative services. It will mean an end to the competitive rivalry that reduced prices by 28% during the last decade. Similarly, the pressure to support unlimited data plans and free international roaming will fade. Offers to pay early termination fees to help families switch to plans that fit their lives will fall by the wayside. And the network improvements that will bring us the next generation of wireless service, known as 5G, will proceed more slowly and yield fewer jobs without the fuel of competitive pressure. In short, our existing wireless market will devolve into a cozy oligopoly dominated by just three carriers.


FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel Dissenting Statement on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger