Report: Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Immediately Killed Wireless Price Competition In U.S.

Before T-Mobile acquired Sprint, activists, consumer groups, and deal critics (including me) warned repeatedly that the telecom sector megadeal would result in layoffs, less competition, higher prices, and a lower quality product overall. The Trump FCC and DOJ very clearly didn’t care; they rubber stamped the deal without even reading deal impact reports.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere, famous for wearing magenta high tops and occasionally saying “fuck,” called deal critics liars, insisting...