University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication: Wireless Market Study Highlights Performative Competition in T-Mobile and Sprint Merger
April 08, 2026
April 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSjou) -- Regulatory approval of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger relied on a strategy of performative competition that prioritized the appearance of market health over actual consumer benefits, according to a study from the Annenberg School for Communication. The research paper, titled Performative competition: The U.S. wireless communication market and the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, was published in the journal International Communication Gazette. Researchers argue that teleco . . .