T-Mobile Cooperating With NY Review of Sprint Takeover; Crown Castle Praises 5G Deal Plans

T-Mobile notified the FCC it received a subpoena from the New York State attorney general as part a review of the pending T-Mobile/Sprint transaction (see 1808300046). The office asked for numbering resource utilization and forecast reports and carrier-specific local number portability data, T-Mobile said. “This subpoena requires that T-Mobile provide ‘[a]ll Documents . . . received from . . . [FCC] in connection with the . . . FCC’s investigation of the Proposed Transaction,’” T-Mobile said in a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-197. “All materials provided to the NYAG are made available to other state attorneys general that are investigating the transaction and that have signed confidentiality agreements with T-Mobile and Sprint.” Meanwhile, Crown Castle filed a letter at the FCC, posted Thursday, supporting the deal. “The combination of these two smaller nationwide wireless providers will advance the national priority of fast-tracking 5G deployment and create a company with the spectrum and other necessary resources to help the U.S. win the global race for 5G leadership,” the tower company said. “We anticipate that, in addition to consumers and enterprise consumers, Crown Castle and other companies throughout the mobile wireless supply chain can benefit from New T-Mobile’s investment in its next-generation wireless network.”