Next Hurdle for T-Mobile-Sprint Merger: Trump Administration

The would-be partners have some new arguments to sway regulators, including more choices for wireless phone service from cable companies

It took months of discussions spanning three continents and four public company boards before T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. signed the merger agreement that had eluded them for years.

Now comes the hard part.

The country’s No. 3 and No. 4 wireless carriers by subscribers must convince U.S. regulators and antitrust enforcers that their...