It seems that Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) has no interest in buying Sprint afterall.
By: Matthew Pankey October 16th, 2009
In an interview with Deutsche Telekom CFO Timotheus Hoettges, he has questioned just how competitive The US market is. He seems to think that the four big carriers are locked in combat as far pricing, services and new technology. Saying:
“There are four national players in the U.S. market for 300 million households, while in Europe, where we have 350 million households, there are 50-70 operators,” Hoettges said, after a conference in Frankfurt today. “We believe in our chances of being the challenger.”
So is Sprint safe? Let us know in the comments.
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dsfsd on October 16th, 2009 10:05 am
Hopefully. I know sprint has had some problems in the past, but I think they are really doing a great job as of late, and I think, should they get more cool phones and keep their pricing as competitive as they have been as of late, they may be in a position to gain subscribers. Being bought out by DT would suck for consumers, giving us fewer choices. Hopefully, Sprint can keep doing the good job they have been doing as of late, and make some gains. Right now, I think they have the best prices and service, though the customer service still needs work.
dullgeek on October 17th, 2009 1:19 am
My first thoughts on this are that he got the US Households wrong. There are currently about 307 million people in the US. It’d be surprising to me if 300 million of those people (including kids) lived alone.
I think he may have meant 300 million people live in the US. Because the 2007 estimate is only 111 million households:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_households_are_in_the_US
diveborg on October 18th, 2009 8:37 pm
“It seems that Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) has no interest in buying Sprint afterall.”
Well, duh.