TMobile doesn't need Sprint. They've been growing great and adding users for years, and just bought nearly all of the 600mhz spectrum.
Sprint has, by any objective metrics, the worst coverage and speed. It had been an awful company who keeps taking wrong steps, is outdated, and not making much investment. I'd rather the merger not to happen, as competition is good, TMobile doesn't need Sprint, and Sprint by some miracle still has a fair amount of customers.
Sprint is well setup spectrum wise for densification in urban areas with all the 2.4 GHz spectrum they have (from Clearwire) - if you look at eithers coverage map compared to say, Verizon, neither has wide area rural coverage worth writing home about
Yes, and have already said prior their plan is microcell deployments. I happen to believe that would be a costly mistake, compared to say, 600mhz blasting far distances.
Sprint has, by any objective metrics, the worst coverage and speed. It had been an awful company who keeps taking wrong steps, is outdated, and not making much investment. I'd rather the merger not to happen, as competition is good, TMobile doesn't need Sprint, and Sprint by some miracle still has a fair amount of customers.