T-Mobile, Sprint Merger: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugligopoly
What could possibly be bad or ugly about a $26.5 billion merger between the numbers 3 and 4 in wireless service provision in the US that places the new firm at number 2 in a three-fold dominance of the industry that includes Verizon and AT&T? What’s Good? First things first, why the merger? From the merging firms come the standard refrain or should I say, mantra: "Better competition, lower costs, greater investment spending on jobs and leading technology (think 5G speeds)". E