{"id":8472,"date":"2018-04-30T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:46:29","slug":"a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Harm Consumers and Reduce Competition"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8472","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile would pose significant public interest harms for consumers. The merger would cut the number of national wireless carriers from four to three, which would reduce competition in the wireless marketplace.  Consumers would see no benefit to a marketplace where Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile call all of the shots. Instead, consumers can expect to pay higher prices and see fewer competitive options in the marketplace. Low-income consumers and other vulnerable communities seeking more affordable mobile communications services would be particularly hurt from the merger.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8442}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8443}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8444}"],"related_issues":[134,136,2065],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"A proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile would pose significant public interest harms for consumers. The merger would cut the number of national wireless carriers from four to three, which would reduce competition in the wireless marketplace. \u00a0Consumers would see no benefit to a marketplace where Verizon, AT&amp;T, and T-Mobile call all of the shots. Instead, consumers can expect to pay higher prices and see fewer competitive options in the marketplace. Low-income consumers and other vulnerable communities seeking more affordable mobile communications services would be particularly hurt from the merger.\r\n\r\nGiven the significant harms to the public interest and to a competitive marketplace, the Sprint-T-Mobile merger should be dead on arrival at the FCC and DOJ."}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Harm Consumers and Reduce Competition - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press-releases\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Harm Consumers and Reduce Competition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-would-harm-consumers-and-reduce-competition\/\",\"name\":\"A Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Harm Consumers and Reduce Competition - 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