Merger talk started late last year

[Gman9831]

So Metro + Tmobile & others started talking about mergers late last year, talks with tmobile started just 2 days after AT&T dropped the $39billion merger deal

http://www.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-and-metropcs-deal-was-works-dec-2011

MetroPCS courted by numerous wireless firms prior to T-Mobile deal - FierceWireless