T-Mobile And Sprint Settle Antitrust Case Brought By DOJ And State AGs

To address issues related to their proposed merger, T-Mobile and Sprint agreed to settle an antitrust case brought by the DOJ and Attorneys General for five states.

T-Mobile and Sprint agreed to a substantial divestiture package to (i) ensure that a viable facilities-based competitor can enter the market and (ii) establish multiple high-quality 5G networks that benefit American consumers and entrepreneurs. In accordance with the divestiture package, Sprint and T-Mobile must divest Sprint's prepaid businesses, including Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Sprint prepaid, to Dish Network Corp. In addition, "20,000 cell sites and hundreds of retail locations" must be made available to Dish by T-Mobile and Sprint.