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T-Mobile Moves to Block Verizon's Cable Deal

Published: Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 | 9:32 AM ET

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By: AP

T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is now urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon's planned purchase spectrum from cable companies for $3.6 billion.

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In a filing, T-Mobile USA says the Federal Communications Commission should stop the deal between Verizon [VZ Loading... () ], Comcast [CMCSA Loading... () ], Time Warner Cable [TWC Loading... () ], Bright House Networks and Cox Communications because it would place an "excessive concentration" of wireless spectrum in Verizon's hands.

With more wireless spectrum, a phone company can raise download speeds and serve more data-hungry devices like smartphones and laptops with cellular broadband.

Verizon Wireless, the country's No. 1 cell phone company, already has a relatively large amount of spectrum, while T-Mobile, the No. 4, does not.