Sprint’s ties to Chinese firm Huawei could complicate T-Mobile merger

Congressional lawmakers are intent on urging President Donald Trump and his administration to closely examine Sprint’s proposed merger with T-Mobile due to the former’s ties to the Chinese government, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sprint does not have direct ties to Beijing. Rather, it’s that the US telecom is majority owned by Japan’s SoftBank, which has worked with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Alongside fellow Chinese telecom ZTE, Huawei has been de