The Merge: T-Mobile and Sprint

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Together T-Mobile and Sprint will put that same disruptive, pro-consumer strategy into overdrive! With our enhanced network scale we will…

• Lower prices! Our enhanced scale allows the New T-Mobile to compete at lower prices
• Outstanding Service! We will expand our unique customer service model to Sprint and deliver better coverage, reliability and speed!
• More competition! There will be a MAJOR expansion of competition into rural markets and for businesses of all sizes!

Via T-Mobile and Sprint are merging for $26.5 billion: Here are the details

The rumors and speculation swirling for years are fomenting into a dust cloud of money. T-Mobile and Sprint, the third and fourth-largest carriers in the U.S., respectively, are poised to form a single entity in a $26.5 billion merger that would put the united company in a close third position behind AT&T with just over 70 million postpaid subscribers.

The companies announced the deal mid-day Sunday with a slick webpage called All for 5G, highlighting the ways in which the merged corporation will focus on next-generation wireless technologies more effectively against the competition.

Should the deal be approved by U.S. regulators — a tall order in an environment that has discouraged M&A between intra-industry entities — the New T-Mobile, as the companies are referring to it — T-Mobile's parent company, Germany's Deutsche Telekom, would own a 42% stake and seat nine board members, while Sprint's parent Softbank would have a 27% stake and four board members.

 

[Chimaira]

They all say LOWER PRICES, BETTER FOR CONSUMER!!!

In the end it means higher prices, worse for the consumer. Mergers only happen to attempt to place a stranglehold on the market. What they really want is for you to have no choice but to pay the high prices if you want cell phone services. That is the end goal.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

T-Mobile is great.. I get about 150Mbps-300Mbps data service around here.

Also, they cover my whole family for $150 a month, if we don't go over our data, it's only $100 a month. They also pay for Netflix for us.

Awesome service. Sprint sucks bad, hopefully T-Mobile will fix them.