Review of the merger between T-Mobile US Inc. TMUS, +0.53% and Sprint Corp. S, +0.50% will take longer than expected because of new information, the Federal Communications Commission said late Tuesday The FCC told the companies it was pausing the "180-day transaction shot clock" on the deal because additional information supplied by the companies outlines a network model that is "significantly larger and more complex than the engineering submissions already in the record." In early August, the telecoms said they both added customers in the June-ended quarter. Analysts have been saying that the deal could face regulatory obstacles, since it was announced in late April. Shares of T-Mobile were up 0.2% after hours, while Sprint shares were down 0.5%.
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