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     In response to a planned bid by Sprint/T-Mobile for broadcast TV spectrum, Chairman of the FCC  Tom Wheeler proposed an antitrust plan which would prohibit bidding alliances between the largest mobile carriers in the United States. Wheeler's proposal would encourage competition from smaller carriers, and does not inhibit smaller carriers from forming partnerships with the larger companies: T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon.
     Though the incentive behind the bill is clear and well-meaning, there is some concern that by suppressing cooperation between large companies, which theoretically would be able to provide the best product for consumers, the FCC is favoring competition over quality of service. How this proposal will affect the speculated T-Mobile and Sprint merger will become clear in the future.

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