T-Mobile Sprint Complaint Redacted Case 19 CV 5434
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK STATE OF NEW YORK, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF COLORADO, STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF MARYLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and Case No.: STATE OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiffs, v. DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, T-MOBILE US, INC., SPRINT CORPORATION, and SOFTBANK GROUP CORP., Defendants. REDACTED COMPLAINT The States of New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, and Wisconsin, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia (“Plaintiff States”), acting by and through their respective Offices of their Attorneys General, bring this civil antitrust suit to enjoin the proposed acquisition of Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) by T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”), and to obtain equitable and other relief as appropriate. Plaintiff States allege as follows: I. NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. Throughout the United States, people from every background rely on mobile wireless telecommunications services for essential daily activities, including, staying in touch with family and friends, transacting business, accessing email and the Internet, learning the news, making emergency 911 calls, listening to music, watching videos, and using services like ridesharing and mobile banking. Many, particularly those with lower incomes who cannot pass a credit check and must purchase mobile wireless telecommunications service on a prepaid basis, rely on mobile wireless telecommunications services as their primary form of communications and do not have traditional wireline phone or broadband connections. 2. Competition has enabled mobile wireless telecommunications services to become vital to the everyday lives of all people by driving dramatic improvements in quality and 2 reductions in prices.
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