Sprint Says Its Super Bowl Ad Will Be an Apology (of Sorts) to Verizon and AT&T

New lead agency Deutsch L.A. created the spot

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Looks like T-Mobile won't be the only mobile provider on the Super Bowl. Sprint has purchased 30 seconds in the third quarter and will begin teasing the ad later today.

A teaser video for the ad resembles the opening scroll to the original Star Wars movie with lines of copy unfolding on screen. The text addresses rivals Verizon and AT&T, according to a script reviewed by Adweek: "Sprint owes you an apology. No, not for cutting your customers' rate plans in half—we're going to keep doing that … a lot," the copy says.

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