{"id":2516,"date":"2011-03-08T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T18:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2023-12-03T08:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:05:10","slug":"sprint-in-talks-to-acquire-t-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/03\/sprint-in-talks-to-acquire-t-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint in Talks to Acquire T-Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"377\" data-attachment-id=\"2517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/03\/sprint-in-talks-to-acquire-t-mobile\/deutsche-telekom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?fit=652%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"652,377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deutsche Telekom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?fit=602%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?resize=652%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" title=\"Deutsche Telekom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?w=652&amp;ssl=1 652w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we go again. The rumor mill is churning once again about a possible Sprint &#8211; T-Mobile merger as Bloomberg reports that Sprint and Deutsche Telekom have begun discussing offloading the US holdings. The terms of the deal seem to be that Sprint will purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom by giving Deutsche, Sprint ownership (possibly as much as 50%). This to me sounds more like Deutsche is buying a large stake in Sprint by using T-Mobile assets rather than cash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Sprint declined to comment on the possible merger but Deutsche Telekom has said any option is on the table, perhaps as evidence of their desperation to offload a losing project. The truth is, as Bloomberg said, Deutsche is selling from a weak position. T-Mobile has been&nbsp;hemorrhaging customers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdpower.com\/Telecom\/ratings\/Wireless-Call-Quality-Ratings-%28Volume-1%29\/\">its network has consistently been found to suck the most<\/a>, &nbsp;and its earnings have been suffering. While doing much better, Sprint Nextel isn&#8217;t exactly a picture of health either, and a merger between two turds will likely yield little more than a larger turd. This isn&#8217;t even taking into account the danger of the already stiflingly frustrating big 4 turning into the big 3. Because, you know, oligopolies always work out for consumers in the end&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Note that this is only for T-Mobile USA. The T-Mobile brand is doing quite a bit better outside the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2011-03-08\/deutsche-telekom-sprint-said-to-discuss-t-mobile-usa-deal.html\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deutsche Telekom is reportedly looking to offload its US holdings, which could lead to a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The deal would create the third-largest wireless carrier in the US, but it is unclear whether it would benefit consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738],"tags":[549,284,550,43,54,259,551],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-acquisitions","tag-cell-phones","tag-deutsche-telekom","tag-rumors","tag-sprint","tag-t-mobile","tag-t-mobile-usa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/deutsche-telekom.jpg?fit=652%2C377&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelghY-EA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20727,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/20727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}