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posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 01 2020, @11:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the putting-it-all-together dept.

T-Mobile Closes Sprint Merger after Two-Year Battle:

Two years after announcing a $26.5 billion merger with Sprint, T-Mobile is ready to get to work integrating the two companies. On Wednesday, the carrier announced that it has closed the deal, which will allow it to begin combining the third- and fourth-largest US wireless providers.

Both companies claim the merger will let them better compete with industry giants Verizon and AT&T. The move will see T-Mobile divest Sprint's Boost prepaid brand and spectrum to Dish, which will enter the market as a new fourth carrier. Dish, led by Charlie Ergen, has spent years and billions of dollars accumulating its own wireless spectrum and was previously under a deadline imposed by the Federal Communications Commission to put some of its spectrum trove to use by March of this year or risk losing it.

[...] These moves will potentially remake how Americans will get their wireless service over the coming years. T-Mobile and Sprint's combined assets should supercharge their ambitions to roll out 5G across the country, and the merged company's larger presence should enable it to better compete against larger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Dish, meanwhile, represents a new low-cost alternative once it gets its service rolled out.

Also at: Ars Technica.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Wednesday April 01 2020, @11:53PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday April 01 2020, @11:53PM (#978189)

    It's been OK for me too, but I'm expecting it to become worse, not better, because of reduced competition.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday April 02 2020, @02:42PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday April 02 2020, @02:42PM (#978314) Journal

    To be fair, Sprint, wasn't a competitor. Sprint was the, I literally have no other choice option. The last time I used a Sprint anything, it was a 3G Hotspot through a third-party. They kicked me off the service though, because I used it. That was probably 5+ years ago. Thankfully, I have a much better option for internet, now.

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