This actually false and only rumors. Working for metropcs corp i can most definitely confirm this is fake. Metropcs has no need to merge/sale. Sprint will confirm this as well.
This actually false and only rumors. Working for metropcs corp i can most definitely confirm this is fake. Metropcs has no need to merge/sale. Sprint will confirm this as well.
Dont believe the false rumored hype. Lol
Seems someone might want to hurt Metro? I know Metro has a lot of haters out there hey AEre any news on that Samsung phone or any other high end Samung perhaps the Galaxy SII down the line?
Seems someone might want to hurt Metro? I know Metro has a lot of haters out there hey AEre any news on that Samsung phone or any other high end Samung perhaps the Galaxy SII down the line?
MetroPCS announces Dyle Mobile TV service, meets smartphone with live television
While the nation's biggest carriers are bragging with their super fast wireless broadband networks and wide selections of hot, shiny smartphones, MetroPCS will be luring new customers and keeping existing ones with a neat feature that is about to go live later this year. The carrier just announced its partnership with the Mobile Content Venture in offering live broadcast television to its subscribers.
The service will be known as Dyle Mobile TV and will be accessible via a dedicated Dyle application. Not all devices will have access to it, however, as the content will be broadcast using the ATSC-Mobile standard. Samsung will be the manufacturer that will deliver the first Dyle-enabled smartphone, and even though we don't know much details about the actual device itself, the carrier is reassuring us that it will be a “premium” Android handset.
As far as content is concerned, the names of 15 major broadcast groups are being mentioned, including Pearl LLC, FOX, ION Television, Bahakel, Univision, Telemundo and NBC. Once the service goes live, it is expected to blanket 32 markets throughout the country covering about half of the nation's population. The first Samsung smartphones with Dyle will be launched later in 2012 and will be available in:
Atlanta, Georgia
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Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Detroit, Michigan
Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, Florida
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, California
New York City, New York
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MetroPCS will demonstrate the Dyle Mobile TV service at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, so in case if you are interested, make sure you keep track of our CES 2012 coverage.
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This actually false and only rumors. Working for metropcs corp i can most definitely confirm this is fake. Metropcs has no need to merge/sale. Sprint will confirm this as well.
Dont believe the false rumored hype. Lol
I was about to go smack that gap-toothed Dan Hesse in the face if Metro was bought out by Sprint. I had Sprint/Nextel before and it was absolutely horrible.
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This actually false and only rumors. Working for metropcs corp i can most definitely confirm this is fake.
Metropcs has no need to merge/sale. Sprint will confirm this as well.
Dont believe the false rumored hype. Lol
Well, it's NOT false and not just rumors. And the facts were out there hours before you posted.
Too many Sprint board members talked about the vote to the media; the proceedings will be part of the official board minutes which will be submitted to the SEC (as Sprint is a publicly owned company traded on the stock exchange).
Plus, there was the speculation that since the Sprint board rejected the Sprint CEO's recommendation, does this mean they have lost confidence in him?
If ANY of this was false someone at Sprint would have said so immediately. If CNBC (< on-air transcript), the Wall St Journal, and Bloomberg are all reporting it happened, then it happened.
So you are totally wrong on this topic, even if you do work for Metro. For the past 8 months (since last summer) MetroPCS was definitely negotiating for a merger with Sprint, which was personally endorsed by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse -- and then rejected at the last minute by the Sprint board for unknown reasons. By "rejected by the Sprint board", that means MetroPCS had agreed to all the terms and was willing to be bought by Sprint.
I agree that MetroPCS does not need a merger with anyone, but it's definitely true they agreed to it and actively negotiated for a merger with Sprint for last several months.
No, it's all true. For the past EIGHT MONTHS, since last summer, Metro has been negotiation a merger with Sprint. You can't deny it -- it is true. But the merger proposal failed.
To which I say, GOOD.
GOOD, now that's over with, MetroPCS get back to business, please.
I wonder if all this going on in the background has been the reason for delays on MetroPCS' part. Seems like a lot of their promises and business plan decisions have been on the slow track. I thought it was just incompetence on their part, but maybe upper management was distracted by Sprint merger discussions.
MetroPCS: "Like, we know we said all this stuff --
*we promised 5 or 6 LTE Androids in 2011, but only delivered 2;
* we promised a 2nd LTE Android by June/July 2011 but really delivered end of September and even then wanted to delay it until mid-October;
* we promised the LG Connect by Feb 9, and it's still in the wind...
-- but we don't really HAVE to deliver on our promises because Sprint is going to swoop in, pay all us off, and we won't have to do anything anymore except order umbrella drinks in the Bahamas. Wait, Sprint board rejected the merger? Ooops! "
Hope they can now get back to business.
Even on MetroPCS' official Facebook page, the MetroPCS PR flacks are denying the LG Connect is delayed even after I showed them proof from their own January 9, 2012 press release. They keep saying they never promised a date, but then keep deleting my link to THEIR own press release which promised a "launch by" date -- as if hiding the truth will fool people? They should apologize for the delay, not lie about. LIARS and WEASELS.
I just expected they would snap up Leap/Cricket before MetroPCS. Cricket is already practically a subsidiary with the slave contract nationwide 3G roaming deal they signed with Sprint a couple of years ago.
Actually Metro being bought by Sprint might not have been totally bad -- we would have true 3G nationwide roaming and still been a pre-paid budget carrier, like they made Virgin and Boost. Eventually Metro brand would have been rolled into Virgin I would bet. Sprint is CDMA and is going to LTE for 4G (after realizing WiMax is a bust).
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Well, it's NOT false and not just rumors. And the facts were out there hours before you posted.
So you are totally wrong on this topic, even if you do work for Metro. For the past 8 months (since last summer) MetroPCS was definitely negotiating for a merger with Sprint, which was personally endorsed by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse -- and then rejected at the last minute by the Sprint board for unknown reasons. By "rejected by the Sprint board", that means MetroPCS had agreed to all the terms and was willing to be bought by Sprint.
I agree that MetroPCS does not need a merger with anyone, but it's definitely true they agreed to it and actively negotiated for a merger with Sprint for last several months.
Too many Sprint board members talked to the press, and the vote will be part of SEC public records. You can't deny it -- it is true. But the merger proposal failed.
To which I say, GOOD.
GOOD, now that's over with, MetroPCS get back to business, please.
I wonder if all this going on in the background has been the reason for delays on MetroPCS' part. Seems like a lot of their promises and business plan decisions have been on the slow track. I thought it was just incompetence on their part, but maybe upper management was distracted by Sprint merger discussions.
MetroPCS: "Like, we know we said all this stuff --
*we promised 5 or 6 LTE Androids in 2011, but only delivered 2;
* we promised a 2nd LTE Android by June/July 2011 but really delivered end of September and even then wanted to delay it until mid-October;
* we promised the LG Connect by Feb 9, and it's still in the wind...
-- but we don't really HAVE to deliver on our promises because Sprint is going to swoop in, pay all us off, and we won't have to do anything anymore except order umbrella drinks in the Bahamas. Wait, Sprint board rejected the merger? Ooops! "
Hope they can now get back to business.
Even on MetroPCS' official Facebook page, the MetroPCS PR flacks are denying the LG Connect is delayed even after I showed them proof from their own January 9, 2012 press release. They keep saying they never promised a date, but then keep deleting my link to THEIR own press release which promised a "launch by" date -- as if hiding the truth will fool people? They should apologize for the delay, not lie about. LIARS and WEASELS.
I just expected they would snap up Leap/Cricket before MetroPCS. Cricket is already practically a subsidiary with the slave contract nationwide 3G roaming deal they signed with Sprint a couple of years ago.
Actually Metro being bought by Sprint might not have been totally bad -- we would have true 3G nationwide roaming and still been a pre-paid budget carrier, like they made Virgin and Boost. Eventually Metro brand would have been rolled into Virgin I would bet. Sprint is CDMA and is going to LTE for 4G (after realizing WiMax is a bust).
Sorry chazmatt this is false information not matter how its written, what article/blog/fb site, etc. The CEO even sent an email confirming this is false and its because metro is making a huge growth gain and business gain in the cell provider war. Other companies know that. The bogest dogs are Att and Verizon. Metros passed T-Mobile and creeping on sprint lol.
Like pg said. Don't believe everything you read online. (Hell I could say I'm buying out att and renaming it, overpricedshitsignal company. I design websites and can make it even look like a legit news article site and many people would believe it, sad but true. Haha..
And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
Trust me. If this was legit it would have been as big as the att/T-Mobile deal. It would have made headline news... It didn't.
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so many big time sources are claiming this to be true. it can't be 'just rumors' -- PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Bloomberg... the list goes on
i am a small fish in a very large corporation. upper level management and executive officer decisions are sometimes kept away from store-level managers
edit: Routers is claiming it too. too many legit journalistic sources are confirming it -- if it wasn't true they'd be jeopardizing their careers
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Not so sure this is good or bad news...although it's safe to leave well enough alone.
Sprint is obviously horrible, and guilty of thievery of its customers since the 90's.
But now with Google in the picture, could've turned out to be the best situation for us.
Assuming that Sprint would convert to lte... we'd get the newest & latest, which even in worst case-- (metro kept separate) the new models officially only released for the postpaid side-- they could be modded for prepaid use.
And of all the possible buyers, Sprint's likely the best / only chance to avoid data limiting / throttling.
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Sorry chazmatt this is false information not matter how its written, what article/blog/fb site, etc. The CEO even sent an email confirming this is false and its because metro is making a huge growth gain and business gain in the cell provider war. Other companies know that. The bogest dogs are Att and Verizon. Metros passed T-Mobile and creeping on sprint lol.
Like pg said. Don't believe everything you read online. (Hell I could say I'm buying out att and renaming it, overpricedshitsignal company. I design websites and can make it even look like a legit news article site and many people would believe it, sad but true. Haha..
And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
Trust me. If this was legit it would have been as big as the att/T-Mobile deal. It would have made headline news... It didn't.
So you saying metro is the 4th largest wireless carrier in America?? Where can i read this
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metro is pretty awesome except for costumer service and like all companies. they must have soimething that isnt so great. metro/ comcast cable = costumer service. att/ dish/ verizon= high prices =]. tmobile= service
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My opinion is maybe the info was flipped down the line somewhere because why would metro go in great deal of advertising and etc. and roll out the everybody is moving to metro.
But some blogs or wherever your reading do talk off rumors.
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My opinion is maybe the info was flipped down the line somewhere because why would metro go in great deal of advertising and etc. and roll out the everybody is moving to metro.
But some blogs or wherever your reading do talk off rumors.
The Wall Street Journal is not a "blog".
MetroPCS is who approached Sprint, and BEGGED to be bought. CEO Linquist was personally involved on the highest levels.
Deal discussions began after Sprint was approached by representatives of MetroPCs who said the company was interested in being bought, people familiar with the matter said. Sprint's managers informed the board, and the two sides then explored how a deal might be done, one of the people said. Negotiations picked up after the late-December collapse of AT&T's $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA, and due diligence was stepped up in the past week ahead of the board meeting, people familiar with the matter said.
For Sprint, the main reason to do a deal was the cost savings from combining the two carriers' networks, one person said. But early on there were doubts inside Sprint. MetroPCS is already using virtually all of its network capacity, so Sprint would essentially just be buying MetroPCS's customers, which like all pay-as-you-go customers tend to be fickle, another person said.
MetroPCS, meanwhile, saw Sprint as a good fit that would give its subscribers access to a nationwide next-generation network once it is built, a person familiar with the matter said. MetroPCS Chief Executive Roger Linquist, who co-founded the company, was personally involved in the talks, one person said. Mr. Linquist, who is 72 years old, remains interested in a deal if the right one can be found, the people said.
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Sorry chazmatt this is false information not matter how its written, what article/blog/fb site, etc. The CEO even sent an email confirming this is false and its because metro is making a huge growth gain and business gain in the cell provider war. Other companies know that. The bogest dogs are Att and Verizon. Metros passed T-Mobile and creeping on sprint lol.
Like pg said. Don't believe everything you read online. (Hell I could say I'm buying out att and renaming it, overpricedshitsignal company. I design websites and can make it even look like a legit news article site and many people would believe it, sad but true. Haha..
And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
Trust me. If this was legit it would have been as big as the att/T-Mobile deal. It would have made headline news... It didn't.
It did make headline news. That's what we are trying to tell you.
Look, Dude, I'm sorry Metro is lying to you, but it's true that Metro approached Sprint and begged to be bought.
Seriously, if you want to talk about whether CNBC, Wall Street Journal, AND Bloomberg -- all of whom did independent reporting on this business news -- is telling the truth or whether Roger "Liar" Linquist (who said repeatedly to press and investors: "MetroPCS will release 6 LTE Androids in 2011" -- and only released 2 LTE Androids) is telling the truth, you know where to put your money.
And when you say don't believe everything you read online, that shows you have no clue what is actually being discussed here. We are not talking about "Joe's Blog", who really works at Pizza Hut. We are talking about on-air news reports by CNBC. We are talking about newspaper reports by the Wall Street Journal. We are talking about actual board minutes from Sprint that will be submitted to the SEC. We are talking about award winning, respected business journalists.
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And considering I've found MetroPCS LYING twice in recent days about the LG Connect, I really wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Why lie about specs and promised launch dates? If they lie about that, you know they lie about a lot of other stuff.
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And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
You cited eTrade and Fidelity, I don't know why. But here you go... Maybe YOU should go check them.
Go to each site, do a stock check for "PCS" (the stock symbol for MetroPCS), then click on "news" on that stock. You do not have to have an account to access stock quotes and news about companies.
And yes, they use respected news organizations who fact check and double/triple source before publishing stories. I just can't believe you didn't go actually check before citing them!
and here's Fidelity on the MetroPCS page:
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And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
YES, chock full of news stories about MetroPCS and Sprint attempted merger!
This is not some "secret" story -- it made the headlines as a failed attempted merger where MetroPCS went and begged to be bought by Sprint. You are in denial for some reason.
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my two cents this story is true 100%
I would agree.
And there are way more incentives, potential benefits in denying rather than confirming...there's almost zilch upside but 'potentially' plenty of negative repercussions in confirming.
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Sorry chazmatt this is false information not matter how its written, what article/blog/fb site, etc. The CEO even sent an email confirming this is false and its because metro is making a huge growth gain and business gain in the cell provider war. Other companies know that. The bogest dogs are Att and Verizon. Metros passed T-Mobile and creeping on sprint lol.
Like pg said. Don't believe everything you read online. (Hell I could say I'm buying out att and renaming it, overpricedshitsignal company. I design websites and can make it even look like a legit news article site and many people would believe it, sad but true. Haha..
And if you check stock all well known stock sites have each of the business' legit news posted under each company. Check etrade, fidelity.
Trust me. If this was legit it would have been as big as the att/T-Mobile deal. It would have made headline news... It didn't.
I REFUTED Ære's lies months ago, PROVING the Sprint merger deal went bust because the Sprint board rejected it. But I just have to laugh now that T-Mobile is buying Metro and going to HSPA+.
MetroPCS has had a larger "FOR SALE" sign on their forehead for over a year. The Sprint merger didn't work out, so they prostrated themselves before T-Mobile.
Using Dallas as an example, in the second half of 2014 the new company would knock its CDMA usage from 10Mhz down to 5Mhz, replacing that with LTE. Then, in the second half of 2015, it would knock out its other 5Mhz CDMA block and replace that with HSPA+.
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I REFUTED Ære's lies months ago, PROVING the Sprint merger deal went bust because the Sprint board rejected it. But I just have to laugh now that T-Mobile is buying Metro and going to HSPA+.
MetroPCS has had a larger "FOR SALE" sign on their forehead for over a year. The Sprint merger didn't work out, so they prostrated themselves before T-Mobile.
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Wow. February? How many pages back was this? Lol
Yeah, it's a blatant "I told you so".
This guy supposedly works for Metro corporate but denied the whole Sprint merger attempt -- said it was a figment of the media's imagination, even though Sprint board members officially voted on it. (and rejected Metro)
He said Metro would never sell out, that Liar Linquist said so. (CEO Roger Linquist who never keeps any of his promises).
It's one thing to be afraid your job is going away if Metro is sold, but another to just say it's all a lie. I mean, it's easily proven facts, and even when I proved it he still would't believe it.
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Well it was metros plan to move away from cdma and go volte. Metro will be taking charge just under tmobiles branding, while tmobiles parent company will be getting out of the us market by slowly selling off stocks. A reverse merger so metro didnt just get bought out. Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS agree on $1.5 billion T-Mobile merger (updated) - Engadget
Oh come on, dude. I have a business degree.
I don't care how the accountants are STRUCTURING the deal. T-mobile is buying MetroPCS.
T-mobile CEO stays in charge, not Metro's management. MetroPCS name is going away and they are receiving $1.5 billion. They were sold. They got bought out.
From your article:
Quote:
The new larger carrier will maintain the T-Mobile branding with new CEO John Legere at the helm.
MetroPCS will have a 26 percent stake in the company and receive a $1.5 billion check for its troubles.
Sprint rejected Metro because they wanted $8 billion in compensation, which was ludicrous. So, lower price for T-Mobile. SALE!
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Part of the reason it's being "structured" the way it is because T-Mobile is a subsidiary of a German company (Deutsche Telecom), not an independent company. So, technically it's DT that is buying Metro, then DT is combining T-Mobile and Metro into one company, which will have the T-mobile name.
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I don't care how the accountants are STRUCTURING the deal. T-mobile is buying MetroPCS.
MetroPCS name is going away and they are receiving $1.5 billion. They were sold. They got bought out.
From your article:
Sprint rejected Metro because they wanted $8 billion in compensation, which was ludicrous. So, lower price for T-Mobile. SALE!
True. T Mobile has the capital ownership of MetroPCS. So In a sense they did bought metro, indeed. But Its not so much of a loss, both of them are kinda on the same goal page. By buying metro, they now are a step closer to producing better and true fast network. While metropcs needed a lift because of spectrum and coverage . I think they will help each other.
Plus check this out :
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Yeah, it's a blatant "I told you so".
This guy supposedly works for Metro corporate but denied the whole Sprint merger attempt -- said it was a figment of the media's imagination, even though Sprint board members officially voted on it. (and rejected Metro)
He said Metro would never sell out, that Liar Linquist said so. (CEO Roger Linquist who never keeps any of his promises).
It's one thing to be afraid your job is going away if Metro is sold, but another to just say it's all a lie. I mean, it's easily proven facts, and even when I proved it he still would't believe it.
So, believe it now? HA!
Amazing. Lmao
Nothing wrong with i told you so's.
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True. T Mobile has the capital ownership of MetroPCS. So In a sense they did bought metro indeed. Its not so much of a loss, both of them are are kinda on the same goal page. So buying metro, they now are a step closer to producing better network. While metropcs needed a lift because of spectrum and coverage . So I think they will help each other.
All i wanna know is well i be forced off my og $40 plan at some point?
That's one of my biggest concerned , in this case tho it seems T-Mobile is the one that has to make some changes. Metro was already planning on going VoLTE to get rid of their CDMA, but in the other hand T-Mobile seems to be dumping their GSM frequencies and converting their network for 4G. Plus more shared spectrum for both and devices collection , yay.
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To be honest, the Sprint/MetroPCS merger attempt made more sense. Both CDMA, both LTE.
Problem is, any Metro phone you buy now will be obsolete. Like the EXPENSIVE SIII? Yes, you can use it right now, but you may not be able to SELL it -- unless you find someone dumb enough to buy it?
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You're one of the brave, the proud, the 9.3 million Americans who subscribe to MetroPCS - and you've heard your wireless carrier has just been bought. What's going to happen to you now?
The T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger will have mostly good effects for subscribers, but a few bad ones. MetroPCS users will get much better phones on a national network, and prices will still stay lower than the other big, national carriers. But they may be higher than the super-low rates Metro has been charging until now on its limited 14-city network. Here's what will happen year by year:
Nothing until mid-2013. These kinds of mergers take a while to go through, and until then, it's business as usual at MetroPCS. Expect more new LTE phones, voice-over-LTE and an aggressive move to get people to give up those old 2G flip and texting phones. Those plans all fit with Metro's strategy whether or not the merger goes through.
2013: GSM phones and nationwide 4G arrive. In 2013, Metro will start offering phones on T-Mobile's network. T-Mobile has a much nicer array of smartphones than MetroPCS does; you'll also be able to use unlocked GSM phones with your plan, including unlocked iPhones. With these new phones, you'll be able to roam the nation on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network, and even travel around the world with world-compatible GSM phones.
2013: Service plan prices may rise. MetroPCS's service plans are even cheaper than T-Mobile's right now. In exchange for nationwide coverage and better phones, prices for many MetroPCS customers may rise by about $10 per month. Right now Metro's 2.5GB, $50 plan is most similar to T-Mobile's prepaid 2GB, $60 plan. Metro's 250MB, $40 plan matches up with T-Mobile's prepaid 100MB, $50 plan. T-Mobile's plans would still be considerably less expensive than Verizon's or AT&T's, though, and I see the merged company keeping MetroPCS's affordable international add-on plans.
2014: Stragglers get discounts. About a year before the company turns off the old MetroPCS network, it'll start offering incentives to pry old phones out of people's hands. They'll probably come in the form of trade-ins - bring in your MetroPCS CDMA phone and get a big discount on a shiny new HSPA LTE smart gadget.
2015: A network to be proud of. By mid-2015, T-Mobile will have "20x20" LTE in many cities, which means very fast, high-capacity 4G. The new network will cover more areas and have better in-building coverage than MetroPCS's network does now.
2015: The end of CDMA. All those old MetroPCS CDMA phones will go dead at the end of 2015 as the company turns off its CDMA network, but by then, hopefully, everyone will be on the fast new LTE models. MetroPCS and T-Mobile say that since Metro users tend to change phones relatively quickly, it won't be a problem moving everyone to 4G.
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any where lol i can afford a $100 dollar bill a month i might get the optimus g or the galaxy note 2:-) do you think current metro pcs 4g customers would be grandfatherd in at the current price $?
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any where lol i can afford a $100 dollar bill a month i might get the optimus g or the galaxy note 2:-) do you think current metro pcs 4g customers would be grandfatherd in at the current price $?
prices are stated to stay lower than Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T.
I see this as a good move.
Prolly not, but there prolly wont be any changes in pricing for a few months at least.
the PCmag article seems to be based on the assumption that Tmobile USA is purchasing metroPCS. the phone scoop article states the opposite. according to the phonescoop article Deusche telekom and metroPCS are(or have) worked out a deal where metroPCS is purchasing Tmobile USA.
according to the phonescoop article tmobile isnt making any moves in this deal. this is between DT and metro in how they're gonna divvy up tmobile USA and how Dt wants to give up ownership of tmobile.
metro is not being bought or sold, Tmobile USA is.
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The transaction would be a reverse merger, wherein the smaller MetroPCS will acquire the larger T-Mobile USA. Deutsche Telekom would then have time to reduce its ownership of the firm through gradual equity sales rather than all at once. Initially, Deutsche Telekom will own 74% of the merged entity and MetroPCS will own 26%.
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the PCmag article seems to be based on the assumption that Tmobile USA is purchasing metroPCS. the phone scoop article states the opposite. according to the phonescoop article Deusche telekom and metroPCS are(or have) worked out a deal where metroPCS is purchasing Tmobile USA.
according to the phonescoop article tmobile isnt making any moves in this deal. this is between DT and metro in how they're gonna divvy up tmobile USA and how Dt wants to give up ownership of tmobile.
metro is not being bought or sold, Tmobile USA is.
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We already covered that, higher up. Pay attention. T-mobile is buying Metro. The company is called T-mobile, they get Metro's spectrum, Metro gets 1.5 billion. Metro is sold. T-mobile's CEO stays in charge.
Understand, so far?
However, to keep it "legal" because T-mobile is owned by a foreign company and there's also tax issues.... T-Mobile's parent company (DT from Germany) is "partially" buying Metro, then "combining" the two companies, blah, blah, blah. It's an accounting trick.
Metro goes away, all the licences and spectrum goes to T-Mobile. CDMA goes away and becomes HSPA+ (along with LTE).
Please don't make us have to discuss all this again.
If Metro was acutally buying T-mobile, all the reverse would be happening. Metro would get all the spectrum and licenses, all the T-mobile stores would become Metro stores, etc., T-mobile CEO would be gone.
If I pay you $15,000 for your car, and my name is now on the title, and I'm driving it all over town -- and you no longer have any car to drive -- didn't I buy your car?
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We already covered that, higher up. Pay attention. T-mobile is buying Metro. The company is called T-mobile, they get Metro's spectrum, Metro gets 1.5 billion. Metro is sold. T-mobile's CEO stays in charge.
Understand, so far?
However, to keep it "legal" because T-mobile is owned by a foreign company and there's also tax issues.... T-Mobile's parent company (DT from Germany) is "partially" buying Metro, then "combining" the two companies, blah, blah, blah. It's an accounting trick.
Metro goes away, all the licences and spectrum goes to T-Mobile. CDMA goes away and becomes HSPA+ (along with LTE).
Please don't make us have to discuss all this again.
If Metro was acutally buying T-mobile, all the reverse would be happening. Metro would get all the spectrum and licenses, all the T-mobile stores would become Metro stores, etc., T-mobile CEO would be gone.
If I pay you $15,000 for your car, and my name is now on the title, and I'm driving it all over town -- and you no longer have any car to drive -- didn't I buy your car?
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Come on w don't let that stop you
even if TM decides ultimately to honor our current plans and keep us grandfathered i wont be getting the S3 as better phones will be available to me in a few months.
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This is over 2 years from now. Get whatever phone you want on metro. It's not like your gonna keep it for those 2 years so out don't matter. When that time comes get a t mobile phone and move on.
This is over 2 years from now. Get whatever phone you want on metro. It's not like your gonna keep it for those 2 years so out don't matter. When that time comes get a t mobile phone and move on.
Case closed.
Case closed fuzzy I agree we both are getting the s3 and that's it
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This is over 2 years from now. Get whatever phone you want on metro. It's not like your gonna keep it for those 2 years so out don't matter. When that time comes get a t mobile phone and move on.
Case closed.
whats happening in two years?
CDMA being shut down or metro customers having access to TMs phone lineup?
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