Rumored: Sprint to be Acquired by Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom is said to be the third carrier to enter an already difficult combination like Sprint taking over Nextel. This is just a rumor yet picked up from the German paper Die Spiegel. According to it Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA are preparing for such a merger. Official talks haven't started yet but we will be covering that too.

Can this be a successful formula for taking out the competition? Not only will the German company have to integrate their own services and promote them to Sprint's customers but they will also have to continue the integration of Nextel's users. That means mixing GSM, AWS, PCS, CDMA and iDEN. I wonder if it's worth it

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