Deutsche Telekom looking to pick up Sprint?
Filed under: Cellphones
Over the years our pals at Deutsche Telekom haven’t exactly played the most aggressive game in the States, but finally we have word about the first possible suitor for the ailing Sprint. Although the rumor originates from German paper Der Spiegel and doesn’t cite sources, word has it Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA are making the possibility of snagging Sprint (and all its heavy baggage, read: Nextel) a “top priorty” in a bid to take a competitor out of the game and pick up the number three spot. Supposedly formal negotiations haven’t even begun yet, but if you thought the integration between Sprint and Nextel was messy, just watch what happens when you bring a third carrier into the mix — and did we mention the infrastructure would would be GSM with AWS, PCS CDMA, and iDEN, all competing for spectrum and handset allocation? Good luck guys.
[Thanks, Khattab]
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