T-Mobile likely to end attempt to block Verizon spectrum purchase Spectrum and cash swap allay T-Mobile's antitrust concerns. by Jon Brodkin - June 25 2012   arstechnica.com   Also check SavetheInternet.com Photo by Axel Schwenke When Verizon Wireless struck a deal to buy new spectrum for $3.6 billion, T-Mobile USA was the first to ask the government to block the sale. More