Second T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Hearing Postponed

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The House Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger has been postponed indefinitely, according to the office of chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.).

It was to have been the second House hearing on the deal in as many days, the first being Wednesday (Feb. 13) in the House. Communications Subcommittee, which went off without a hitch,

The Judiciary hearing has had a complicated history.

It was originally going to be a joint hearing with the Communications Subcommittee, but because of "scheduling issues" was made a separate hearing, originally scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 14), then rescheduled to 2 p.m., then postponed.

The reason cited was the funeral of Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), who died Feb. 10.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.