As much as the notion of a T-Mobile USA merger with Sprint has been bandied about and criticized, the ways the two competitors might work together has taken a new tack of late as T-Mobile USA looks for a 4G partner and Clearwire, majority owned by Sprint, looks for expansion capital.
Sprint seems conflicted about allowing T-Mobile USA to become an investor in Clearwire. But such a move would have obvious benefits and some strategic issues as well.
Over time, both firms will probably need to consider bulking up in some way to compete more effectively with Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Getting both carriers on a common LTE platform would solve some important practical issues longer term.
In the nearer term, a T-Mobile USA investment in Clearwire would help both firms in obvious ways.
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