If T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom does decide to attempt an acquistion of Sprint Nextel, and if that bid were to succeed, T-Mobile would emerge as the largest U.S. mobile provider by quite some measure.Up to this point AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel have held roughly equal shares of the market, and all three have had more than twice the market share of T-Mobile.
There are many regulatory, technical and even psychological issues to surmount, though.
Consider that T-Mobile and Sprint now operate three classic mobile air interfaces. Xohm will create a fourth. And then there's Long Term Evolution. Complexity means cost, and that's t0o many different networks to continue operating.
Still, Sprint's low stock price and strong Euro have to be driving some hard thinking about the feasibility of pulling such a merger together. Regulatory or other concerns might ultimately deter making of an offer, or scuttle a merger attempt.
But it would be a transformative move for T-Mobile.
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