| I don't see that happening. First, AT&T doesn't gain much new territory by getting them, since there's a huge overlap in service areas. Second, more spectrum isn't what AT&T needs in most areas. Where they've been skimping is backhaul capacity. And even in the case of getting more bandwidth, pushing customers toward 3G would help with that, since it's more spectrum-efficient than GSM. Third, getting T-Mobile is only good spectrum-wise if AT&T factors in their AWS holdings, and taking advantage of those requires phones that support AWS. Finally, you're assuming DT wants to sell, which is by no means a sure thing. Oh, and there's the issue of federal approval, and that got a bit harder last January. I can't see the feds allowing one national carrier taking over another right now. |
