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T-Mobile + MetroPCS merger finalized

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 8:57 pm

The T-Mobile USA/MetroPCS merger has been finalized. The merged company will be known as T-Mobile US, Inc., and will trade under the stock symbol TMUS. T-Mobile will leverage the spectrum from MetroPCS in order to build out it’s LTE network, which they only began to rollout at the end of March. BusinessWire reports:

FCC approves merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 a 5:28 pm

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS. The $1.5 billion deal will see T-Mobile take over MetroPCS, potentially gaining 9 million new subscribers in the process. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in statement:

After failing to merge with AT&T, T-Mobile USA now in talks to acquire MetroPCS

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 a 5:07 pm

MetroPCS is in talks with Deutsche Telekom to merge with T-Mobile USA. While no agreement has been reached, the two companies are in ongoing discussions. This acquisition would add a potential 9 million subscribers to T-Mobile USA's user base.