Desperate to Stop AT&T, Sprint Doubles Lobbying Spend
Wireless company scared of T-Mobile deal
Sprint has pulled out the checkbook in its quest to stop AT&T's proposed deal to buy T-Mobile, which would relegate Sprint to a very distant number three in the wireless business.
In the second quarter of this year, Sprint more than doubled its lobbying expenditures compared with the previous quarter, forking out $1.36 million for a first-half total of $1.9 million. That puts the wireless carrier well on pace to best the $2.52 million it spent during all of 2010.
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