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The prospect of being a distant number three in the wireless race has Sprint on the offensive once again in opposition to AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
Sprint hasn’t exactly been quiet about its position on the deal, but on Monday, Vonya McCann, the company’s senior vice president of government affairs, turned the tenor of her employer’s opposition up a bit.
“This transaction will harm consumers and harm competition at a time when this country can least afford it… Sprint will fight this attempt by AT&T to undo the progress of the past 25 years and create a new Ma Bell duopoly,” McCann said in a statement, referring to Verizon—formerly Bell Atlantic—as well as AT&T.
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