We’ve heard rumors about a Sprint and T-Mobile merger in the past, and this is no different. This morning, Bloomberg is reporting about Sprint and Deutsche Telekom holding meetings to discuss a possible acquisition. The deal could reportedly give Deutsche Telekom a sizable stake in Sprint following the merger – up to 50%. Sprint had no comment, but a Deutsche Telekom spokesperson said the company “could sell all or part of the U.S. business, and all options are open.”
I know we’ve discussed this before, but what are your thoughts about this possible merger? It could be another Sprint/Nextel fiasco since Sprint runs on CDMA while T-Mobile runs on GSM, but it could help if Sprint switches their 4G over to LTE. Also, T-Mobile is the one that started calling HSPA+ 4G, with At&t following them, so there’s no telling how soon T-Mobile might transition to LTE.
Source: BGR
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Just like 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago and last year, my comments are the same:
no sir. no sir i don’t like it
Damn, there goes another $10 for this and another $10 fee for that… 69.99 unlimited plan but if you want service you have to pay +$40… WTF?
Now, if the prices stay thesame or drop for SPRINT and we still get good coverage + the TMO network behind us… ummmm… Verizon Customers…. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOOD… jejeje
Everytime there is less competition, the answer for me would be that its bad news for consumers. All these mergers do is make prices higher. The government needs to stop these mergers, and in fact, should break up Verizon and At&t since they have gotten too big and work together to keep prices high. If Metro PCS can be profitable offering service as $40 unlimited, how in the world do VZW and ATT justify charging over 120? Its all a ripoff, I’ve seen cell phone payments higher than car payments. Now with 4G, they want to charge even higher, its all a scam.
@NIKKG,
One last thing, they need to stop forcing people to get data services with smartphones. They shouldn’t have to force you to get it since there are wifi hotspots everywhere. On my iphone, I got TomTom and Navigon installed with the whole NorthAmerican continent maps in memory, so I don’t even need wifi to use my gps for directions. Even at home, I prefer to use my wifi network because it eats up less battery than 3G. I think they force the Android users with data services too, I don’t see why your not allowed to opt out of not needed.
I agree with the merger as long as costs remain the same. I love sprint and their service, costs, coverage. Including T-Mobile to the greatest wireless network around would only make us better and give us more phones to choose from.
In addition we may be able to compete with ATT & VZW when it comes to getting the best phone’s and devices available (iPhone\iPad) when they are first released…
Just like AirTran & Southwest trying to merge, I dont like this also.
But I still perfer SIM card as I can use it oversea. Wonder if Sprint going to move on that.
Sprint’s doing big things! I think it would be a great merger
Just me though.
@Courtney1985, now if they can merge in the next few days it would be great.. meaning a total merge so i can use the HD7
ok, ok… i know that’s impossible.. but what the heck, i can dream
If they do merge, that would improve coverage, and would probaly blow at&t and verizon out of the water, especially if we had hspa and wimax or lte.
Also there symbol/name could be
SprinT-Mobile with a pink T
LOL
@hookahzorr,
or Just SprinT with a pink T.
@hookahzorr,
hahaha thats a great idea for a new name!!!
And the higher fees to boot. I think there will be less competition and we will end up paying higher price for service.
So if i leave Sprint for T-mo ’cause they actually have nice phones… I will still be with Sprint in the end? WTF? Maybe this is the announcement. Not some already been brought to another carrier phone or dual Screens, instead of Dual Cores…
if this happens, will they now answer the phone “thank you for calling sprint/nextel/t-mobile, how can i say no to you today?” (i keed, i keed about the last part of that quote). if the acquisition does happen, will t-mo still have the same pricing? or will they become sprint plan pricing? i would think it a smart move to leave t-mo and sprint plan pricings alone. it’s a win-win for sprint if they do that. if a customer thinks that the t-mo plan is cheaper and better than sprint, they’ll sign up for t-mo…and it’ll still be sprint in the end.
I’m not pleased in the slightest. CDMA is a better technology (GSM being TDMA based causes it to interfere with other electronics and have slower speeds in general) You only find GSM worldwide because those countries don’t want to fork out the money for the better method. India and Japan use CDMA, so do many other countries, if they can afford it.
T-Mobile has made some disturbing decisions and practices, something I would hope Sprint would nip in the bud.
So yeah, if this happens, it better stay CDMA and maintain appropriate business practices, or I’m off to VZW with all of my lines.
At this point the merger will be a fiasco and would cause the company to go bankrupt..sounds like something sprint will actually do
..I mean they have been trying so hard lately to bankrupt themselves…
@gTen,
Especially with paying their CEO an $11 Million dollar bonus!!! smh
This is not just a baseless rumor. I actually expect it to happen.
T-Mobile officials are pretty much admitting it, while Sprint officials are saying “no comment” when asked about it.
This is bad news. Less competition means higher prices, crappier phone selection, less consumer friendly policies, etc.
T-Mobile has SIM cards and allows any unlocked phone. Think that will last if they merge with Sprint? Any hope of Sprint ever allowing 3rd party phones would be gone.
Sprint would likely start charging just as much as AT&T and Verizon too. They are already nickel and diming everyone with a $10 fee for this, $5 fee for that, killing off yearly upgrades, and so on. Imagine if there was no T-Mobile for you to run to (for similar price and service) when Sprint pisses you off.
I don’t like this one bit. I’d rather see Cricket/Metro/US Cellular/Century Link/Comcast/Cox/Best Buy/Walmart/Directv/whoever buy T-Mobile.
@BlackDynamite, Google buy T-Mobile
lol…
But realistically before Sprint had a reason to buy t-mobile a year ago..right now it would be dumb..I mean what are they going to do?
The only reason I can see to use t-mobile is if they convert CDMA for pre-paid use only..and then convert their network into HSPA..similar to how Telus did it..then have a straight upgrade path into LTE…as LTE and GSM/HSPA is backwards compatible..
i could be wrong by i think a comment i previously made to this has been deleted?
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