AT&T and Deutsche Telekom AG announced that AT&T would be acquiring T-Mobile USA in a cash and stock transaction worth $39 billion.
Article Link: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
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AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
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AT&T and Deutsche Telekom AG announced that AT&T would be acquiring T-Mobile USA in a cash and stock transaction worth $39 billion.
Article Link: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
I guess there will be no T-mobile iPhone then
My question is - why did Apple not buy them and tell AT&T to pound sand?
My question is - why did Apple not buy them and tell AT&T to pound sand?
Well then, I hope this doesn't mean they're going to be lazy and just piggyback off of T-Mobile's 4G infrastructure and never go through with building their LTE network. Might be a good time to jump ship to Verizon if Apple were to release an LTE iPhone
I beg to differ ... T-mobile will have the iPhone sooner than everyone thought
this is a smart move by AT&T
If they keep existing customers prices, this could be great for people on tmobile that enjoy the iPhone
Also, T-Mobile doesn't require a tethering plan to tether if the phone comes with the option. I don't want that option to disappear!
You have no idea what you are blathering about.
T-Mobile USA has a nice HSPA+ network. However, HSPA+ is not technically 4G, it's more like 3.5G. T-Mobile USA does not have any allocated spectrum for 4G (LTE or WiMax). They were in a bit of a quandary because of this.
Verizon and Sprint already had 4G spectrum (the 700MHz frequency freed up by the FCC when the transition from analog television broadcast to digital). AT&T lost out to Verizon during the government's auction, but later acquired 700Mhz 4G frequencies from Qualcomm.
How does not scream higher prices for all?
Who can think this is possibly good? AT&T will now have the only GSM spectrum (basically) and can raise the prices, lower the caps, and constrict users even more.
Who can think this is possibly good? AT&T will now have the only GSM spectrum (basically) and can raise the prices, lower the caps, and constrict users even more.
So I guess there will be no more of those annoying att bashing tmobile ads from that chick in the pink dress with the shirtless iphone user?!
Those are pretty annoying
Those are pretty annoying