Is T-Mobile Looking to Team Up With Another US Carrier?
Is T-Mobile Looking to Team Up With Another US Carrier?
Posted 11/20/2009 at 4:36pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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In the wake of a major service outage a few weeks ago, fourth place US carrier T-Mobile may be shopping around for investment money from another US cell provider. Compared to the other US carriers, T-Mobile has a very small 3G footprint. Recognizing a need to expand, rumors indicate that parent company Deutsche Telekom is courting the likes of MetroPCS, Clearwire, and even AT&T.
Any of these investors would receive a small stake in T-Mobile in exchange for investment to expand their network. MetroPCS is of particular interest as the smaller carrier uses the same odd 1700Mhz 3G frequency that T-Mobile does. Collaboration with AT&T would be risky due to possible anti-trust allegations. AT&T is the only other GSM carrier in the US.
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile UK was recently forced to merge with Orange UK. Could their US arm be headed in the same direction?
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rhsquad
November 22, 2009 at 1:18pm
If T-Mobile partnered with ATT, that would be very nice! Cause the phone I have is only compatible with ATT's 3g, but my service is with T-Mobile because I have an amazing grandfather plan (that I won't let go) with them.
Thumbs up for this!
Any date possibly posted?
big_montana
November 21, 2009 at 8:14pm
I doubt a Clearwire partnership would work either for the same reasons give for AT&T considering that Sprint is the majority stockholder of Clearwire (they own 51% and of the company, and growing)
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