Altice USA has petitioned the FCC to deny the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger -- or hit the combined firm with a handful of conditions -- as it fears that more mobile industry consolidation will have anti-competitive effects and impair Altice USA's MVNO agreement with Sprint. Altice USA struck a "full" MVNO deal with Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) in Q4 2017 and expects to launch service in 2019. In the meantime, Altice USA is moving forward with tests in the emerging, shared 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band to offset some of its MVNO costs. (See Altice USA Gears Up for Trio of CBRS Trials and Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' ) In the petition (PDF) filed August 27, Altice USA maintained that is "confident" in its ability to enter the mobile market next year based on its current deal with Sprint, but lodged concerns that T-Mobile US Inc. has "made no tangible commitments regarding meaningful support for current MVNO partners..." with respect to areas such as providing additional capacity, improving national coverage and lowering pricing that can facilitate competition in the mobile sector.