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Hmmmm...I wonder if company X were MetroPCS or Leap? Wouldn't be Verizon and probably not AT&T. The Democrats would either not approve such a merger or force divestitures making it unappealing for the two mega companies. It makes me wonder if it were possibly not a wireless company but perhsps Comcast or one of the other cable companies.
Isn't Virgin a MVNO...not a full fledged carrier? I don't see why there'd be any kind of "divestitures".
Interesting thought Azeron. You are correct about Verizon and ATT. I don't see how Verizon would've benefit from such buy anyway. But what about IPCS? They and Sprint have been in the arena more than a few times.
The unnamed suitor would have to be an entity content to operate as an MVNO on the Sprint network or able to migrate Virgin Mobile subs to its own network.
Those considerations would likely rule out both MetroPCS & Leap (dba Cricket), as neither wo...
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