Trump Antitrust Enforcers Studying 5G Impact on Internet

The Justice Department is assessing 5G’s impact on the broadband marketplace to determine how it changes both the internet service and wireless markets, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division told Bloomberg Law in an interview.

Makan Delrahim’s Oct. 4 remarks come as Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile U.S. Inc. await approval from the DOJ and the Federal Communications Commission on their $26.5 billion merger. The CEOs of both companies say the deal is needed to bring forth the next generation of wireless, 5G. A key question for regulators reviewing the deal is whether the promised 5G rollout — which ...