T-Mobile and MetroPCS Join Forces in $1.5 Billion Merger

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, Oct 3, 2012
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  2. ONLYUSEmeBLADE Well-Known Member

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    Interesting. Not going to make me change carriers though.
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  3. joeyiscool Member

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    so t-mobile is becoming metroPCS?
    joeyiscool, Oct 3, 2012
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  4. Bok Choy Member

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    I think MetroPCS is becoming T-Mobile.
    Bok Choy, Oct 3, 2012
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  5. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    I've never heard of MetroPCS, is it a US carrier?
    Badd_Blood, Oct 3, 2012
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  6. vasu94 Member

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    yes it is
    its quite cheap

    im confused to ask how it will effect consumers
    vasu94, Oct 3, 2012
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  7. Zyiros Well-Known Member

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    What is MetroPCS? Never heard of them? Who cares anyways?
    Zyiros, Oct 3, 2012
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  8. blunden Active Member

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    How can people not have heard of them? I'm not even from the US and I've heard of them mulitple times, several of them from articles here as far as I know.

    The weird thing is that they are a CMDA carrier instead of GSM. They do have LTE though.
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  9. Junito Member

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    Metro is the six largest carrier, and the first to offer LTE, even before Verizon. CDMA provider in the east coast; Sprint board is going to regret passing on this merger. LTE is a GSM technology, think T-Mobile looking to the future.
    Junito, Oct 3, 2012
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  10. joeyiscool Member

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    That's interesting because as far as I know they(metro) doesn't use sim cards and use CDMA.... I had metro when I was 16, it was great because I didn't have to be 18 to have a phone (my parents hate technology). No contract and unlimited everything for $50... at least that's how it was in 2006...
    joeyiscool, Oct 4, 2012
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