The T-Mobile/Sprint merger catches the ire of New York's Attorney General [telecom]

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Critics claim that customers who depend on prepaid services will take the biggest hit if the merger goes through

By Gary Guthrie

T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint has come under scrutiny at New York's Attorney General's (AG) office. According to the New York Post, at issue are concerns that the two companies could jack up prices on less expensive prepaid services if their packages are combined.

This isn't the first red flag that's been waved. It was only last month that the FCC pressed the pause button on the merger after the two mobile giants determined that the engineering model was more complex than thought and the companies needed more time to review it as well as respond to the "various economic analyses"' in the FCC's Petitions to Deny.