West Virginia’s Public Service Commission last Friday approved AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile, becoming the third state utilities commission to greenlight the $39 billion deal. California and Hawaii are still reviewing the transaction.
West Virginia regulators noted that T-Mobile customers make up just 0.26 percent of the state’s wireless subscribers.
“The commission believes that the transaction will not adversely impact competition or have other adverse impact on this state,” the commission wrote in its approval order.
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