Sprint, T-Mobile Begin Merger Talks Sprint and T-Mobile have begun merger talks, insiders tell Bloomberg . This isn't much of a surprise, especially given the chatter coming from the two companies earlier this week . Bloomberg states both Sprint and Softbank executives have made "informal contact" with T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom about a deal. And while banks haven't yet been hired, financial firms "are jockeying for roles" in the potential mega-transaction, Bloomberg reports. Sprint's first attempt to acquire T-Mobile faltered in 2014 after regulators made it clear they'd block the deal because it would have reduced competition.







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graycorgi

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join:2004-02-23 29 recommendations graycorgi Premium Member Leaving T-Mobile If Sprint acquires T-Mobile in any way or their leadership is in any way involved with T-Mobile post-merger, I will switch. I hate AT&T and Verizon, but I hate Sprint much more.

karpodiem

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join:2008-05-20

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21 recommendations karpodiem Premium Member This either happens now, or after Sprint goes bankrupt T-Mobile has all the leverage this time around. If I was Legere I would simply say - none of what your business interests me except your customers and spectrum. I will pay not a penny over premium for those assets. Every other component of the business will be let go. It's that simple.

winsyrstrife

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join:2002-04-30

Brooklyn, NY 13 recommendations winsyrstrife Premium Member Their own rope



Not even they could have imagined the answer was as simple as letting T-Mobile get their own rope...



I'm very worried about T-MO's future. The only possible success i see in this is letting T-MO man the ship. Otherwise... All this time Verizon & ATT have despised T-Mobile's disruption, wishing it would go away and die.Not even they could have imagined the answer was as simple as letting T-Mobile get their own rope...I'm very worried about T-MO's future.The only possible success i see in this is letting T-MO man the ship. Otherwise...

n2jtx

join:2001-01-13

Glen Head, NY 7 recommendations n2jtx Member A Sad Time I was a T-Mobile customer from 2005 to 2011 and have been a restless Sprint customer since 2011. I wound up on Sprint because I was given an iPhone 4S by my employer with the bill paid for by the employer which includes unlimited slow-as-hell data. It made no sense to keep my T-Mobile account so I ported my number over to the iPhone where it remains to this day. I have been planning to go back to T-Mobile when I finally replace that old 4S as I do not wish to through good money on an iPhone tied to Sprint. However, since Sprint has a reputation of turning anything it touches into cr_p, the thought of going to T-Mobile only to be back on Sprint is not appealing to me. As much as Son claims T-Mobile would be in charge, the fact of the matter is, from personal experience, the worst corporate culture and policies from a corporate merger usually prevail. So regardless of whether or not T-Mobile is "put in charge", the culture and people of Sprint will turn T-Mobile into Sprint not Sprint into T-Mobile. Plus with the loss of that fourth competitor, I am sure the new Sprint will start behaving like Verizon and AT&T. shmerl

join:2013-10-21 6 recommendations shmerl Member This shouldn't happen. Is there a way to officially express opposition to this merger somewhere? firedrakes

join:2009-01-29

Arcadia, FL 4 recommendations firedrakes Member let t mobile run everything that what should happen. Bryantf1982

join:2016-08-18

Kent, WA 4 recommendations Bryantf1982 Member Oh Dear God NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Oh dear God T-Mobile don't sell yourself​ out to the nation's worst network. What has T-Mobile done to deserve such punishment. Please T-Mobile don't force me to go Verizon or AT&T. Valen

join:2004-12-19

Canonsburg, PA 2 recommendations Valen Member Why? What advantage is there to the consumer? All of Sprint's coverage overlaps T-Mobiles. The only thing that will happen here is less competition and there is way, way to little competition after the mega-mergers allowed by the illegal alien's administration! ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13

Cambridge, NY 2 recommendations ggultra2764 Member Only beneficial if T-Mobile's in charge... Otherwise, I see the mishandling eventually bringing the wireless industry back to the original status quo before T-Mobile shook it up.