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SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 — US telecoms operators T-Mobile and Sprint finally merged yesterday, the companies said, bringing an end to two years of negotiations as the pair aimed to create a giant capable of competing with the sector’s leading players. The combined firm will have more than 100...

Smartphones with the logos of T-Mobile and Sprint are seen in this illustration taken September 19, 2017. — Reuters pic

The combined firm will have more than 100 million customers, claiming the scale to compete with larger wireless rivals Verizon and AT&T. The final amount of the transaction was not released, but T-Mobile — a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom — proposed US$26 billion in April 2018 to buy Sprint, which is controlled by Japanese giant SoftBank.

 

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