A report this morning from Reuters shares that T-Mobile is “close to agreeing tentative terms” for a merger deal with Sprint after months of talks. News of a T-Mobile and Sprint merger have been floating around since May. The details of this year’s merger would give T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom a majority stake (T-Mobile is now the #3 carrier, followed by Sprint). Back in 2014, Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile, but abandoned those plans.
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