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T-Mobile and Sprint finally make a connection

A federal judge is expected to approve T-Mobile’s $26 billion takeover of Sprint, perhaps even today, bringing a yearslong merger campaign to an end.

The winners:

• SoftBank, which pumped billions of dollars into Sprint over nearly a decade. The T-Mobile deal turned out to be its best hope of rescuing an expensive bad bet.

• Bankers from nearly a dozen firms working on the transaction. Deep breath: PJT Partners, Deutsche Bank, Evercore, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for T-Mobile; Raine, Centerview, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase for Sprint; and Mizuho and SMBC Nikko for SoftBank. They could split fees of at least $155 million, according to the consultancy Freeman & Company.