Following the US Government’s recent move to block the merger of AT&T ant T-Mobile, Sprint announced this morning that they have filed a lawsuit with a federal court in Washington, D.C. as well, adding their opposition to the voices of concern over the AT&T/T-Mobile merger.
The lawsuit affirm’s Sprint’s opposition to the merger, claiming that the move is anti-consumer and anti-competition, and suggesting that they are doing so to protect the interests of their customers.
Sprint goes on to pledge their resources and expertise to the cause of proving that the merger is illegal, and argues that the merger would hurt consumers and business alike by inflating prices and stifling innovation.
Sprint’s lawsuit specifically focuses on the harms that such a merger could cause to AT&T competition, as well as to consumers and the market as a whole. Sprint argues that if the transaction were to be allowed, a combined AT&T and T-Mobile would have the ability to use its control over backhaul, roaming and spectrum, and its increased market position to exclude competitors, raise their costs, restrict their access to handsets, damage their businesses and ultimately to lessen competition.
