T-Mobile Ends DEI ‘In Name & Substance’ To Acquire UScellular

T‑Mobile officially told the FCC it would terminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies “not just in name, but in substance”—eliminating DEI roles, removing online references, and scrapping related training, as part of its bid to win regulatory approval for two major deals.

T-Mobile has been awaiting approval for two acquisitions: a partial acquisition of UScellular and the acquisition of Metronet, an internet service provider. Each deal is valued in the billions, according to Reuters.

See Also: 

• AT&T Drastically Cuts Back On DEI
• Verizon Ends DEI To Acquire Frontier For $20B

The State Of DEI In The Wireless Industry

On July 11, 2025, the FCC approved both deals immediately after T‑Mobile confirmed the DEI termination. The DOJ had closed its antitrust probe into the UScellular merger on July 9, two days after the DEI announcement.

This decision furthers a trend in the telecommunications industry to remove DEI entirely:

• March 2025: AT&T drastically cut back its DEI team and policies
• May 2025: Verizon dismantled DEI to get approval for its acquisition of Frontier Communications
• July 2025:
  • T-Mobile dismantles DEI to acquire UScellular
  • UScellular will roll up under T-Mobile (therefore ending its DEI team, too)

According to Wikipedia, these are the five biggest wireless providers in the US:

1. Verizon: Ended DEI
2. T-Mobile: Ended DEI
3. AT&T: Reduced DEI
4. Boost Mobile (owned by Dish Network): Dish quielty deleted its DEI page some time in 2024.
5. U.S. Cellular: Will be acquired by T-Mobile, which ended DEI

In summary, DEI has been almost completely removed from the wireless provider industry.

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