Overview

• T-Mobile US has dismantled its diversity, equity and inclusion framework by eliminating all dedicated roles, teams and related materials
• The carrier’s decision aims to secure FCC approval for its $4.4 billion purchase of United States Cellular’s wireless arm
• It is also awaiting clearance for a joint venture with KKR to acquire internet service provider Metronet
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr praised the move as aligning with regulatory requirements similar to those imposed on Verizon’s $20 billion Frontier Communications deal
• The action underscores President Trump’s rollback of equal opportunity regulations and the administration’s strategy of tying deal approvals to abandoning corporate DEI initiatives