Sprint/T-Mobile Would Add To Debt-Fueled Telecom M&A

By | June 23, 2014

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If Sprint launches a bid to acquire T-Mobile US this summer, as is widely expected, it would join rivals AT&T and Verizon Communications in piling on debt to engineer a mega deal. And Sprint (S) would also copy the playbook of Japan-based SoftBank, which acquired 80% of Sprint last year. SoftBank is one of the world’s most leveraged companies. SoftBank aims to forge a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile (TMUS), the Nos. 3 and 4 U.S. wireless Scalper1 News

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