T-Mobile Halts Diversity Policies After FCC’s Demands (1)

T-Mobile US Inc. has rolled back policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion to appease the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, who has made clear that merger deals won’t be approved without taking such steps.

“We recognize that the legal and policy landscape surrounding DEI under federal law has changed,” T-Mobile wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr dated July 8. The company has conducted a comprehensive review of T-Mobile’s policies, programs and activities and as a result is ending its DEI-related policies “in name and substance,” according to the letter.

Earlier this year, Carr said ...