Good news for American wireless consumers: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday gave his blessing to T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint. While his conditions seem unnecessary, they may be worth it if the Justice Department approves the deal too.
By joining forces, T-Mobile and Sprint will be better positioned to compete against wireless leaders Verizon and AT&T in the 5G era. Sprint is sitting on loads of mid-band spectrum that boosts wireless speeds while T-Mobile boasts ample low-band spectrum that...
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SEC needs to move on this much faster.5G rollout is the most important advancement in decades. Products are waiting for launch so a delay in 5G is a delay in our economy moving to 5G level. jimcramer davidfaber Billions in investments will require some price change, LouDobbs
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Whoever wrote this should go take high school economics. Even in markets that are in secular decline, competition shrinks and the remaining players go for margin by keeping prices as high as possible.
Not exactly sure how the customer benefits. Same thing with airline mergers, prices have not been coming down with mergers.
I’m pretty happy with my TMobile service as it is. I guess you’re saying fewer choices is best? Should ATT, Verizon and TMobile/Sprint “join forces” next? Where does the logic end exactly?
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