Some lawmakers worry that Sprint's ties to SoftBank make the T-Mobile merger a security threat
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A group of U.S. lawmakers are concerned about this company's ties with China and are worried about it being a threat to U.S.National Security. ZTE? Nope, how about Sprint. Bloomberg obtained a draft copy of a letter that is being passed around in the House for signatures. The letter, addressed to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, requests that the Trump administration look closely at T-Mobile's proposed $26.5 billion merger with Sprint. Mnuchin heads up the national security portion of the government's review of the transaction.
The Trump administration already played the National Security card to block Broadcom's $117 billion offer to purchase fellow chipmaker Qualcomm. The nation's third and fourth largest wireless carriers have said that their merger is necessary to keep the U.S. at the forefront of next generation 5G connectivity. Last year, Huawei and SoftBank sent out a press release discussing how 5G data speeds can help SoftBank's business partners. In one example, the pair revealed how 5G connectivity could help a company control a robotic arm with ultra-low latency. This was accomplished by having the robotic arm play an air hockey game against a human.
source: Bloomberg
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