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T-Mobile and Sprint Zeroing In on a $32 Billion Merger

gelige said:
Responding to a wave of consolidation in the telecommunications industry, the nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless phone operators have agreed on the terms of a deal to join forces.

Sprint and T-Mobile have talked about a combination for years but continued to put it off, each preoccupied with other deals, and concerned about scrutiny from antitrust regulators.

But in recent days, the two sides have settled on the terms of a $32 billion deal that is likely to be announced this summer, people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

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Oh, that is just great! Surely the government will not allow this...at least I hope not.
 
Kind of running out of places to run to . I think Verizon may have some deals since they are kind of on their own . . Xlte hmmmm
 
For what it is worth - the rumors seem to leaning towards John Legere running the merged compan under the TMobile name.
 
Most people are expecting Legere since Dan Hesse has hinted at leaving soon, plus he's popular right now. We'll probably find out in a month or two when they announce the deal.
 
the hulk said:
I will go to ATT, MVNO or cricket of course
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Aio/ cricket isnt a bad deal. As long as your ok with the speed caps and the higher pings. Your capped at a max download speed of 8mbps on lte and 4mbps on hspa on cricket. To me thats plenty fast enough but some people dont like it also your pinga tend to run pretty high on cricket since they run thru a proxy for data. But i had them for a few months and was actually pleased with them.
 
timmyh318 said:
Aio/ cricket isnt a bad deal. As long as your ok with the speed caps and the higher pings. Your capped at a max download speed of 8mbps on lte and 4mbps on hspa on cricket. To me thats plenty fast enough but some people dont like it also your pinga tend to run pretty high on cricket since they run thru a proxy for data. But i had them for a few months and was actually pleased with them.
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yea, it's not a huge concern for me, t-mobile's reception out here is good when it works, when it doesnt it sucks, I just want something stable and steady for reception and data not a rollercoaster.
 
Yea that is the nice thing at least for me it was a constant signal/speed. Att works good in my area though. Im actually not against a merger though. Someones gonna buy tmobile they have made no secret of wanting out. Also all the undercutting prices and everything they been doing clearly wasnt for the consumer. It was to gain as many users as possible to make them more attractive to be bought. Thats why i always found it funny when people would thing t mobile actually cared about them lol. But honestly sprint has a valid argument that the only real way to compete with verizon and att is to merge. Alone the 2 companies stand no chance against them. Now if lawmakers agree with that or not is another whole different thing.
 
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