Overview

• T-Mobile USA has committed to significantly reducing its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, including dissolving two advisory boards and abandoning specific DEI goals.
• This decision was outlined in a letter sent to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in late March 2025, emphasizing T-Mobile's compliance with regulatory expectations.
• The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile's $3 billion acquisition of cable operator Lumos the day after the letter was sent.
• FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump ally, had previously stated that mergers would not be approved for companies promoting 'unfair forms of DEI discrimination.'
• The move has drawn criticism, with German Green Party leader Felix Banaszak calling it a 'shameful signal' of submission to a 'hard-right culture war.'