T-Mobile-Sprint merger crumbling

[OxQQme]

>"The long-rumored merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, is falling apart, according to news reports.

Nikkei reported that a disagreement over ownership of a combined T-Mobile-Sprint entity has proven a sticking point in the deal, and Sprint parent company SoftBank is preparing to pull out of negotiations with T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom as soon as tomorrow. Nikkei and Wall Street Journal report that Deutsche Telekom wants a controlling stake in the combined company, and SoftBank balked, spelling the beginning of the end of the deal.

T-Mobile and Sprint did not respond to requests for comment."<

more:
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/reports-t-mobile-sprint-merger-crumbling-parent-companies-disagree-ownership/

[brooklynite]

1. Never understood the theory; Sprint runs on DCMA and T-Mobile runs on GSM.

[dembotoz]

2. Technicality.... for corporate, omg for the customer actually surprised one platform not universal

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Reminder of the old story of how England was at a competitive disadvantage during the industrial revolution cause they didn't standardize train tracks as quickly as the us did making transportation on the island something of a nightmare