Wednesday, March 9, 2011

U.S. Mobile Market Share Shifts Since 2006 Drive Consolidation Talk

Though no early deal likely is possible, in part because Sprint and T-Mobile USA do not appear to agree about the respective valuation of their firms, you can see why the discussions apparently are "on again," after having been rumored in the past.

SPRINTIt isn't simply that AT&T and Verizon Wireless are substantially bigger than Sprint and T-Mobile USA, it is that recently the two bigger firms have accelerated away from the two smaller companies, in terms of subscriber growth. In the mobile business, market share has been directly related to profitability, not just gross revenue.

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