Wireless

摘要

A New York Times editorial raised concerns about reports that Sprint will make a bid early this yearrnfor T-Mobile US. The editorial board said T-Mobile is a real competitor. “Its phone plans are often muchrncheaper than comparable packages offered by other cellphone companies,” the editorial said (http://rnnyti.ms/18ZWxsR). “It no longer forces customers into two-year contracts; its subscribers can switch tornanother wireless firm whenever they like. And it slashed the high international roaming charges it leviesrnon calls customers make when they are traveling abroad and eliminated roaming charges for text messagesrnand Internet service.” The editorial notes that in 2012 the government intervened to keep AT&T fromrnbuying T-Mobile. “It is hard to imagine that any cellphone company would have been as aggressive as TMobilernif the administration had allowed AT&T to buy the company. The logic that the government usedrnto step in still holds today, and antitrust regulators should look closely at any proposal that would reducerncompetition in the wireless business.”