February CPUC Vote on T-Mobile/Sprint May Be 'Optimistic'
California commissioners probably won't vote on T-Mobile/Sprint until March, even though carriers want it to happen Feb. 6 (see 1912230041), Tellus Venture Associates President Steve Blum blogged Thursday. T-Mobile's desired date would require the California Public Utilities Commission to propose…
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a decision in early January. “Anything is possible, but I would bet against it,” wrote Blum. “My guess is that the CPUC will wait for [California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D)] to weigh in, and I don’t think that will happen until there’s a verdict in his federal court challenge.” The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York hears closing arguments in that case Jan. 15. The verdict "could happen in time for a draft to be published and make it onto the commission’s 27 February 2020 agenda, but that’s optimistic,” said Blum.