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T-Mobile buying majority of UScellular

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UScellular had been exploring “strategic alternatives” and this deal was expected.

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T-Mobile to buy most of UScellular for $4.4B

The $4.4 billion deal includes 4 million wireless customers and certain spectrum assets But US Cellular is keeping about 70% of its spectrum as | T-Mobile has been encroaching on UScellular’s territory for years, so why not just get it over with and buy the company? That’s exactly what’s...
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As an aside, UScelluar was the only major carrier that as far as I'm aware hasn't announced a shutdown of their 2G and 3G networks, as the Big Three (in no particular order, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile) have.

I kind of suspected that it was because of weak financials (upgrading equipment to support 4/5G costs lots of money, I'd imagine), and this proves it.

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I had US Cellular in East Tennessee. They bragged about their excellent coverage because is a "home" market. Indeed, locally they were fine. Out of the area, whatever they were roaming on was a disaster with little data coverage, even in cities. We were in Indiana trying to find alternate routes around a bunch of construction, and there was no data to be found. When it was time for new phones, we went with Verizon. Much better.
 


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