Blocking T-Mobile’s last big merger turned out great. So what’s different? – Recode

The only reason T-Mobile is even able to try merging with Sprint is that the U.S. government effectively blocked its last big deal — when AT&T was going to acquire T-Mobile in 2011 for $39 billion — because of its threat to the market’s competitiveness.
— Read on www.recode.net/2018/4/30/17302426/tmobile-sprint-merger-regulatory-approval-competition