Sprint and T-Mobile Revisit Merger Talks

[oldMacGenius]

Having been through several mergers, I’d be disappointed if a SprinT-Mobile forced me to give up my plan because of some database or equipment migration. Paying $27.50 unlimited w/ 10 GB to tether; have it as a result of the “cut your rate plan in half” promo— halving my AT&T Apple Retail plan in half in 2015. Since I was no longer eligible for a AT&T dealer line, I was thrilled for the opportunity to become a Sprint “consumer.”


While it’s nice having a discount, I’d love to see improvement for T-Mobile in my neighborhood. It’s a struggle in Midtown Terrace, SF - unless using Sprint or AT&T.


(Formerly Verizon for my last work phone - now still a customer of Sprint for personal, AT&T for work, T-Mobile because iPad 200mb for life. I’ll stick with Sprint.)

 

[MacSince1985]

T Mobile can only get better if they combine with Sprint.

If all they get is the additional infrastructure, then yes. If they inherit Sprint's management in the deal, who knows?

 

[tyrnight]

It's a f$ck **** stack.

 

[willmtaylor]

It doesn’t matter how many times you crunch the numbers...

...3 + 4 =/= 1

 

[rynx9]

Will these two just get married for gods sake. The on again off again relationship is getting annoying

 

[spiddyman007]

Sprint and T-Mobile have once again entered into talks over a potential merger, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The revitalization of the discussion comes just five months after the two companies officially called off plans for a merger following an inability to reach "mutually agreeable terms."

At the time, Sprint parent company SoftBank was not satisfied with the deal because of ownership terms, with SoftBank concerned about losing control of the combined company after T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom requested a controlling stake.

The current discussions are said to be in a preliminary stage, and it's not clear what terms the two companies are considering, nor if the current administration would allow the deal to go through. Talks between the two companies have fallen apart several times before, and the same could be true of this round of discussions.

Should T-Mobile and Sprint be able to establish a satisfactory deal, the combined company would have close to 100 million customers, putting it ahead of AT&T and just behind Verizon.

When the last deal fell through in November of 2017, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said it was best for Sprint to move forward on its own and that the company would be "accelerating significant investments" to ensure its continued growth.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere said that a deal between T-Mobile and Sprint would need to "result in superior long-term value for T-Mobile's shareholders," and that T-Mobile would continue to disrupt the industry.

Article Link: Sprint and T-Mobile Revisit Merger Talks

Idk but I like T-Mobile. Just wish Motorolla could have a comeback like T-Mobile is having. Still make great radio products tho. Mostly i use their good walkie talkies
[doublepost=1523415310][/doublepost]Had sprint for years and I go skiing a lot in New England. I’ve should have rather just relied on McDonald’s WiFi hotspots along the route and not gave them any money.

 

[tennisproha]

Sprint and T-Mobile have once again entered into talks over a potential merger, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The revitalization of the discussion comes just five months after the two companies officially called off plans for a merger following an inability to reach "mutually agreeable terms."

At the time, Sprint parent company SoftBank was not satisfied with the deal because of ownership terms, with SoftBank concerned about losing control of the combined company after T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom requested a controlling stake.

The current discussions are said to be in a preliminary stage, and it's not clear what terms the two companies are considering, nor if the current administration would allow the deal to go through. Talks between the two companies have fallen apart several times before, and the same could be true of this round of discussions.

Should T-Mobile and Sprint be able to establish a satisfactory deal, the combined company would have close to 100 million customers, putting it ahead of AT&T and just behind Verizon.

When the last deal fell through in November of 2017, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said it was best for Sprint to move forward on its own and that the company would be "accelerating significant investments" to ensure its continued growth.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere said that a deal between T-Mobile and Sprint would need to "result in superior long-term value for T-Mobile's shareholders," and that T-Mobile would continue to disrupt the industry.

Article Link: Sprint and T-Mobile Revisit Merger Talks

I would rather see T-Mobile have controlling interest over the merged companies. Otherwise I think it's better if they focus on their network and bringing more Att and Verizon customers.

 

[cocky jeremy]

You really don’t see how less competition in a market with 4 major players isn’t a problem?

Sprint isn't competition, so that's completely irrelevant. T-Mobile is the one pushing the competition. If they become bigger, they're more of a thread and can push things even further in favor of consumers.

 

[2010mini]

T mobile needs Sprint in order to increase its LTE coverage. They would do this by basically shutting down Sprint and using its bandwidth for T-mobile LTE. The problem those is having only 3 big companies.... less competition.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

T mobile needs Sprint in order to increase its LTE coverage. They would do this by basically shutting down Sprint and using its bandwidth for T-mobile LTE. The problem those is having only 3 big companies.... less competition.

None of the other 3 big companies exert much effort to compete with Sprint.

 

[willmtaylor]

None of the other 3 big companies exert much effort to compete with Sprint.

Why would they?

 

[technole]

Such a laugh that Softbank expects to run the combined company when it’s been T-Mobile dominating them and stealing ATT and Verizon customers.

T-Mobile has pretty darn good coverage now thanks to buying spectrum and from auction. So it’s not like they need Sprint. It’s for the customers and making better returns.

 

[2010mini]

Why would they?

But they would love to get full use of their bandwidth.

 

[Breaking Good]

I don't like to see less competition. But as several have already pointed out, Sprint isn't really competition to Verizon or AT&T.

I've gotten the impression that to have a viable, nationwide, cellular carrier in the U.S. you need at least 100 million subscribers. T-mobile and Sprint by themselves don't have that many but combined they do.

I understand the risks of losing a competitor. But I also see the potential gains as we move more into the Internet of Things.