Am I the only one that thinks Sprint will end up benefiting from this? With this merger Sprint becomes the chippy agile little carrier that T-Mobile was.
They will become the defacto alternative carrier that previously shared that title with T-Mobile. I don't see how they don't benefit from that. Network quality is not the issue it was 5 years ago. People can make and receive calls just fine in most places with any of the big 4 (soon to be three).
Also, Sprint will likely be the first of the big 4 that will be able to move the voice network over to pure IP. They already have the integration moving forward. Verizon hasn't even started. Sprint will be fine, IMO.
AT&T said Thursday that it has filed its public interest statement with the Federal Communications Commission for the T-Mobile acquisition. Sprint reiterated that it was against the deal.
The public interest statement by AT&T covers familiar territory. AT&T argues that the deal will:
- Expand mobile broadband to the U.S. population;
- Ease a wireless spectrum crunch;
- Bolster network performance for consumers.
Sprint in a statement said:
Today’s filing only reinforces the significant risks presented by AT&T’s proposed acquisition on the U.S. consumer and wireless industry overall. It is indisputable fact that this takeover would create an entrenched duopoly with control of approximately 80 percent of wireless industry revenues. This kind of leverage could strangle competition…”
Also see: AT&T makes its T-Mobile case: Patriotism, spectrum crunch, mobile broadband
