Saying that the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile would “hinder wireless market competition,” the Puerto Rico Justice Department joined its federal counterpart lawsuit to block the transaction, an action News is my Business anticipated earlier this month.
To the apparent relief of a coalition of the island’s major telecommunications companies, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz intervened Thursday with the apparently “fast-tracked” confirmation process of Gloria Escudero Morales’ nomination as associate member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board.
Concerned about a possible “loss of balance” at the Telecommunications Regulatory Board, a coalition of telecom companies expressed their collective concern Thursday over the appointment of Gloria Escudero Morales as associate member.