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Sprint Abandons Plans to Purchase T-Mobile
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If history has shown us anything, it is that companies will not consolidate and collude to the detriment of the consumer. Because of free entry to all markets and everything.
Wow, you've got to feel a little bad for Deutsche Telekom. They want out of the US market but they're apparently not allowed to sell to anyone who can afford it. I'm curious what options the FCC sees for them? They're required to just hold onto their foreign branch until it goes under? (Will they be allowed to sell the assets in bankruptcy?)
I'm honestly surprised he's not just getting a raise. After all, Stephenson at AT&T gave T-mobile $4B for nothing and kept his job.
I'm honestly surprised he's not just getting a raise. After all, Stephenson at AT&T gave T-mobile $4B for nothing and kept his job.
I don't see how this merger would've worked anyway considering how Sprint phones are CDMA based while T-Mobile is GSM based? Unless of course Sprint just wanted to buy up spectrum at the expense phasing out T-Mobile's GSM network, so I think this non-merger is a win for USA customers.
That, and I'm happy for T-Mobile remaining on it's own, they're doing good to help shake up the U.S. market.
I think the original plan was to operate both as separate networks and eventually migrate Sprint users to GSM and then sunset the CDMA network and reuse the spectrum for LTE/3G.
Because they knew they wouldn't have won approval. I can't say why, but I know.
If you look at their financial penalties for the deal falling through you can pretty much see that they would have pushed ahead had they thought they had a chance.
Sprint has the worst customer service of any company I have ever interacted with. The phone connections work well... but the human interaction side of the company is Horrible.. Horrible.
Good. Sprint was the worst cellular service I ever had. Reception was horrible everywhere I went and customer service sucked. T-Mobile was actually pretty good, nothing really to complain of with them. I simply switched because I wanted the iPhone and at the time only AT&T had it.
Agreed. I had Sprint several years ago. Phone service was great, but I looked forward to calling Sprint as much as I looked forward going to the dentist.
I'm so glad that T-Mobile got jilted. All I needed was for Sprint to take it over and spoil everything I like about my T-Mobile iPhone.
Because four carriers mean the competition we have now. Three carriers mean less competition and possible collaboration among all three.
If you mean a Sprint 5s, then you are wrong. When is never. How, is not possible.
International unlock only. Domestic, never. Any third party offering an unlock is either for international use or a fake.
But if you really want an "unlock", get a SIM interposer. Gevey or R-Sim.
I dunno... back in the day.... I had a pretty sweet $24.99 plan with Qwest that gave me 1000 minutes and 5000 weekend minutes. That was before SMS was popular and before cellular data existed. I miss the late 90's. It was a simpler time.
I hate Sprint. Crappy service and they refuse to unlock phones.
I'm so glad T-Mobile won't be tainted with their horrible corporate ways.
And to think, I was a customer of theirs for five years. I'm so glad I bailed when I did!
I'm so glad T-Mobile won't be tainted with their horrible corporate ways.
And to think, I was a customer of theirs for five years. I'm so glad I bailed when I did!
Simple answer why North American mobile networks are more expensive... Population density.
Look for USA and canada on this list, the realize how many more cel towers the carriers need to install... All the European countries & modern Asian countries are far denser.
http://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density
This is the root rationale for our expensive cel service.
You will never see uk/France rates in canada or USA!
Look for USA and canada on this list, the realize how many more cel towers the carriers need to install... All the European countries & modern Asian countries are far denser.
http://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density
This is the root rationale for our expensive cel service.
You will never see uk/France rates in canada or USA!
Good. Seriously that's all I have to say. Good riddance to the slowly becoming irrelevant Sprint.
Seriously that's all I have to say. Good riddance to the slowly becoming irrelevant Sprint.Well there goes the chance of having a third national option to AT&T/Verizon. Bad news for me.
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That was the whole point of the merger.
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That was the whole point of the merger.
As a T-Mobile subscriber (since March 2014, Verizon before), I'm glad the merger didn't take place. I have a couple of friends with Sprint who want to change to another carrier. I'm just curious what Deutsche Telekom is thinking on what they should do with their US subsidiary now.
Well, for two reasons, TMob was losing money hand over fist and had no prospects for relevancy. But under Legere, customer base is growing, service improving, lots of buzz, and an actual profit recently....
"T-Mobile's customer base surpassed the 50 million mark as aggressive promotions once again stoked growth."
So their incentive to sell may well be decreasing. And Legere is starting to look like an uncommon asset they wouldn't want to lose as well.
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You're looking at subscriber numbers. Sprint, currently, owns considerably more spectrum than both Verizon and AT&T. Adding T-Mobile to the mix would've widened that gulf. Sprint's problem is terrible management. Let them get new bodies in there and use the resources they have at their disposal for a change.