T-Mobile Asks California to Lighten Some Sprint Merger Obligations

Wireless network operator T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) wants to lower the bar on some of the commitments it made in order to close the Sprint merger. Citing "long-term effects" of the COVID-19 pandemic, T-Mobile is asking the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to lighten three of the company's specific promises.

On Monday, T-Mobile filed a petition to the CPUC asking for some modifications of a decision that approved the $23 billion merger under certain conditions. The filing notes that circumstances have changed since the commission finalized the decision on April 16.

T-Mobile requested changes to three specific requirements, leaving four of the commission's orders untouched:

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