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T-Mobile wins dismissal of WCO's US antitrust counterclaims

( October 31, 2025, 01:27 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A US judge in California granted T-Mobile's motion to dismiss antitrust counterclaims from WCO Spectrum. The counterclaims allege T-Mobile is a monopsonist in the market for 2.5 GHz spectrum – a valuable mid-band wireless spectrum – and inhibited competition from WCO. In an order, US District Judge Anne Hwang said WCO's primary argument is that it — a potential buyer of spectrum — was not able to complete its purchases with the educational institutions selling the spectrum licenses due to the right-of-first-refusal provision of its competitor buyer. "However, WCO does not explain why a higher or matching bid by a competitor buyer, T-Mobile, resulting in the loss of a sale to WCO, is an injury of the type the antitrust laws were intended to prevent," Hwang wrote. She gave WCO leave to amend its counterclaims. See court's order. ...

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