Update: SoftBank, Sprint held a press conference early this morning to officially announce the acquisition. With reports surfacing right before the end of the week that [read full article]
Deutsche Telekom Chief Financial Officer Timotheus Hoettges told a German newspaper he expects to close the merger of the company’s US unit and MetroPCS sometime before June 2013. Of course, all that assumes the MetroPCS board votes in favor, regulators … [read full article]
Speaking in two separate interviews, T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer dropped some more hints about T-Mobile’s future LTE rollouts and future integration plans with MetroPCS. One worthy takeaway from the CNET interview is Ray’s claim that T-Mobile’s network will “one-up” … [read full article]
Update: According to Bloomberg, Sprint is confirming talks with SoftBank over a “substantial investment.” Any concerns [read full article]
After it was suggested that Sprint Nextel Corp was convening their board to consider a counter offer to Deutsche Telekom’s proposed bid for MetroPCS, a new report indicates Sprint will hold off, at least for now. According to “people … [read full article]
While many are focused on the possible technological differences between T-Mobile and MetroPCS, one man who isn’t concerned is T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer, Neville Ray. According to Ray, the key in this deal is that both companies … [read full article]
The opposition to AT&T’s proposed takeover was fiercely led by a number of consumer advocate groups including [read full article]
I think we could have predicted a bit of opposition from Sprint on T-Mobile’s proposed merger with MetroPCS, but a counter-offer isn’t what I had in mind. According to the old “people familiar with the matter,” Sprint is looking at the numbers and holding talks with financial advisors … [read full article]
With 24 hours underneath our belts since the announcement of the T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger it’s time to take a step back and understand how this deal will affect you, the T-Mobile customer. The truth is that for now, you won’t see any changes … [read full article]
While T-Mobile and MetroPCS execs played up the joint spectrum possibilities today, we’re curious as to what the actual spectrum makeup looks like on paper. Thankfully we have the folks at Moasik Solutions, a company that maps network coverage … [read full article]
