T-Mobile/Verizon Wireless Spectrum Deal Goodrnfor Wireless Competition, Companies Tell FCC

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A deal to get T-Mobile US the lower band spectrum it's long sought doesn't raise any competitivernconcerns and should be approved by the FCC, said T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless in a public interestrnstatement filed Friday at the FCC and posted online Monday (http://bit.ly/1aie8ut). The deal was unveiledrnlast week (CD Jan 7 p1). T-Mobile will pay Verizon $3.3 billion for 15 700 MHz A-block licenses. Andrnthe two agreed to a swap of full or partial licenses in the 700 MHz, AWS and PCS bands. The agreementsrnare covered by nine applications filed by the carriers at the agency.