Rumor: T-Mobile USA Owner, Deutsche Telekom, Considering Buying Sprint: But, Why? No Synergy There!

The UK’s Telegraph is reporting a head-shaking-causing news item…

T-Mobile owner eyes multi-billion dollar bid for Sprint

And, no I’m not shaking my head in disbelief because T-Mobile USA is so much smaller than Sprint. This is not about tiny T-Mobile USA. It is about its gigantic parent company Deutsche Telekom. This doesn’t make any sense to me as US market play. Sprint and T-Mobile use completely different wireless voice and data technologies (CDMA vs. GSM for voice for example).

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