Technology, Media, & Telecom (TMT) Executive • MVNA / MVNE / MVNO Specialist
Lycamobile is asking the FCC and the US Department of Justice to intervene in its fight against T-Mobile. "T-Mobile's actions towards Lycamobile raise concerns of anticompetitive conduct," the #MVNO wrote in a new filing to the FCC. "The totality of T-Mobile's conduct points to an attempt to lessen competition in the MVNO space – consistent with [T-Mobile's] incentive and ability to do so," #Lycamobile told the FCC. "Ultimate consequence is less competitive discipline on market participants, leading to higher prices and/or lower quality for consumers." As Light Reading previously reported, the fight between Lycamobile and T-Mobile stretches back to 2022, when T-Mobile filed a lawsuit against Lycamobile. The fight between Lycamobile and T-Mobile accelerated dramatically in April 2024. That's when Lycamobile took its complaints against T-Mobile public in an effort to block T-Mobile's proposed $1.3 billion acquisition of Mint Mobile. However, Lycamobile's complaints against T-Mobile were filed well after the #FCC's comment deadline for T-Mobile's Mint Mobile transaction. The agency approved T-Mobile's purchase of Mint Mobile in late April, and T-Mobile closed the deal on May 1. In its latest FCC filing, Lycamobile argues that T-Mobile is using its purchase of Mint Mobile to put further pressure on Lycamobile in the US. https://lnkd.in/gHdHPUeA
Chris Gomez
1mo
Lycamobile is always getting into legal battles, disputes, and tax evation scandals in the UK, battle in Brazil with surf Telecom, another battle in Portugal etc etc etc, What have they done in the US? IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT LYCA STRUGGLED IN THE US IN THE BEGGINING. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT MARKET, UNLIKE OPENING IN ANY COUNTRY OR GROUP OF COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. EACH MARKET IS UNIQUE. AND IN THE WEST, THE BIGGEST MARKETS ARE PHYSICALLY VERY FAR APART DISTANCE WISE, COMPLICATING THINGS FURTHER. THEY CHOSE TO ENTER THE MOST CROWDED, COMPETITIVE SPACE IN THE US MARKET, WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS A PRICE WAR/RACE TO THE BOTTOM BEING CONDUCTED BY THE BIG 3 OPERATORS, FURTHER COMPLICATING THIS. I SAW THEIR BOOTH AT CTIA AROUND THE TIME THEY LAUNCHED, AND THEY SEEMED TO HAVE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE; APPARENTLY THAT ARMY COULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. LYCA'S US PROBLEMS. THEY ARE BIG AND ENDEMIC.
Super App / MVNO Solution Arquitect, Disruptor, Board Member Passionate about Creativity & Technology, 5G, Unlicensed Spectrum, IoT, Private Networks, eSIM, a & Disruptive approach to Telecom Services.
1moDOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY HAVE OR WHAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE. THEY'VE SCREWED THIS UP TO A FARETHEWELL. WHEN YOU START OUT WHEN MUD IN YOUR FACE, IT'S HARD TO WIPE IT ALL OFF. IT WILL TAKE THEM YEARS TO RESTORE THEIR REPUTATION, AND EVEN IF THEY HAVE THE DEEP POCKETS TO DO THIS, T-MO LOST PATIENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HITTING THE FORECASTS THEY PROVIDED THEM. THAT WILL CAUSE THE HOST CARRIER DEAL TO DETERIORATE, AND THEY WILL NOT GET A DEAL LIKE THEY HAVE WITH T-MO WITH ANY OTHER CARRIER