T-Mobile Completes UScellular AcquisitionT-Mobile has completed its acquisition of UScellular's wireless operations, T-Mobile
announced today. T-Mobile paid $4.3 billion for UScellular, in a deal that included UScellular's wireless customers, stores, and 30 percent of its cellular spectrum.
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T-Mobile
announced the acquisition back in May 2024, but it was contingent on regulatory approval. According to
Reuters, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
approved the merger in mid-July after T-Mobile ended its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
T-Mobile sent the FCC a letter [
PDF] with a promise to end DEI on July 9, and the deal was approved two days later. T-Mobile said that it was eliminating its DEI-related policies "not just in name, but in substance."
According to T-Mobile, the UScellular acquisition is a "big win for customers." Existing UScellular customers will be incorporated into the T-Mobile network. While UScellular users can keep their plans for the time being, T-Mobile will begin allowing them to the transition to T-Mobile unlimited plans "as networks and systems are integrated."
T-Mobile previously acquired MetroPCS and Sprint. The MetroPCS acquisition was completed in 2013, and the Sprint acquisition was completed in 2020.<div class="linkback">Tag:
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