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US DOJ, FCC approve T-Mobile-UScellular deal despite red flags

By Curtis Eichelberger ( July 15, 2025, 21:11 GMT | Comment) -- The US Department of Justice’s approval of T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular last week is remarkable for the number of serious concerns Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said she had with the deal before waving it through. While the antitrust agencies under the Biden administration over-indexed toward preventing deals that weren’t pristine, Slater flagged her concerns over allowing the Big Three to further consolidate the market, and then did just that.The US Department of Justice's approval of T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular last week is remarkable for the number of serious concerns Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said she had with the deal before simply waving it through....

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