Trump shutdown of Federal Government forces FCC to halt T-Mobile-Sprint merger review

T-Mobile has been hoping to close its merger with Sprint some time during the first half of this year. The companies are waiting for approval from the FCC before they can legally shake hands and sign the merger documents. But for the second time in four months, the review period for the deal has been put on hold. According to Fierce Wireless, the review started on June 18, 2018, but was paused on September 11th when both T-Mobile and Sprint filed new documents. The clock restarted at Day 55 of the 180 day review period on December 4th, but has stopped once again.

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