Feds say T-Mobile & MetroPCS $1.5B merger is a go

T-Mo and Metro have the urge to merge, and they meet all government requirements. The companies have already announced a new combined board.

One step closer to Metro Mobile: FCC approves $1.5B T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger

Metro Mobile here we come. The FCC has approved the $1.5 billion merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA.

Deutsche Telekom confirms T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger ‘talks’

Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that its American wireless carrier T-Mobile is in talks to team up with MetroPCS to create a single company.

MetroPCS debuts $55 unlimited talk, text, and 4G data plan

The new offer gives consumers a savings of $15 per month over previous offers. Families that want in can get an even better deal, with the price dropping to $50 per month for additional lines.

T-Mobile’s next big hope: A potential merger with MetroPCS

T-Mobile is acting tough with its edgy new marketing campaigns, but the fourth-place U.S. wireless carrier is still in a vulnerable position after its acquisition by AT&T fell apart, and it’s losing subscribers like crazy.

So what is T-Mobile’s parent …

Sprint abandons plans to buy MetroPCS for $8B

Despite a clear desire to better compete with Verizon and AT&T, Sprint has vetoed a deal to take over MetroPCS, a pre-paid wireless company and the fifth-largest U.S. mobile telecommunications network, according to multiple reports.

The carrier’s board of directors …

T-Mobile wants the FCC to kill Verizon’s spectrum deal with big cable

In an ironic turn of events, the fourth largest U.S. carrier T-Mobile is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to halt Verizon’s pending acquisition of additional wireless spectrum currently licensed by some of the nation’s biggest cable companies.

Verizon previously …

AT&T could buy Dish to gobble up its precious wireless spectrum

After conspicuously losing its bid to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T is still out in the cold when it comes to wireless spectrum. But a new report says the telecom company could now buy Dish Network at a considerable premium to obtain …

Have a Verizon 4G LTE phone? Forget about roaming on AT&T

Verizon Wireless customers on the carrier’s ultra-fast 4G LTE network can give up the faint glimmer of hope they may have of being able to roam onto competing LTE networks, PC Mag reports.

Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney confirmed yesterday that …