T-Mobile/Sprint merger clears another hurdle

BELLEVUE, Wash. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The US$26-billion proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint cleared another hurdle Tuesday when a U.S. Federal Court judge in New York ruled in favour of the companies after several U.S. states filed a joint lawsuit to block the merger last year. The merger, first announced in April 2018, has already gained approval from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. In a news release Tuesday, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said: “Today was a huge victory for this merger...and now we are finally able to focus on the last steps...