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by joecool1029
2620 days ago
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> T-Mobile is only interested in buying Sprint for their 120Mhz of 2.5ghz spectrum Sprint is the one doing the buying. Rather, Softbank. If T-Mobile wanted to acquire a cheaper shitbag company for spectrum, there's no better target than DISH since they have been squatting on 75mhz of AWS-3 nationwide with nothing to show for it. But DISH's spectrum situation is going to time out next year and then we will see if the FCC actually does anything. Network sharing won't happen. Sprint built a weird network, they are already doing an upgraded 2500mhz deployment supporting the 5G stuff as well as their current TDD-LTE devices: https://news.samsung.com/us/sprint-samsung-5g-ready-massive-... FYI, if this plan falls apart Sprint gets a T-Mobile roaming deal out of it. Who knows what the cost is though. AT&T charged TMUS like $17/MB to roam in early days of their breakup deal on B-IV WCDMA. |
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It is a merger, but Softbank will get a smaller stake than DT. "The new company will be about two-thirds owned by T-Mobile shareholders and one-third Sprint, with board representation in line with economic ownership, one of the people said." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/27/t-mobile-sprint-merger-near-...
There is a decent picture about half way down in this article: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/t-mobile-sprint-merger/
Softbank is selling at a loss here according to earlier reports that they paid $21.6B for a 72% share in Sprint https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-and-softbank-announce-com... and the merger values Sprint at $26.5B, of which 72% would be $19B.