T-Mobile US to merge with Sprint in $26bn deal

T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation have agreed a $26bn all-stock deal to merge the two businesses, which will operate the T-Mobile brand.
The merger, which was more than four years in the making, brings together the third and fourth largest US wireless carriers, creating a company with 127 million customers.
The deal, which will be subject to approval by US regulators, would place the new T-Mobile ahead of rivals Verizon Communications, which has 116 million U.S. wireless customers, according to