I had T-Mobile for four years in the NYC/NJ metro area and found the service to be excellent with few dropped calls and coverage everywhere I traveled.

Seems like a smart move for T-Mobile who needs spectrum in the USA to expand voice and 3G. Sprint just lost a big court case making them give up spectrum in the 800mHz band before the government hands over promised relocated (2.1gHz?) spectrum. Isn't the 800mHz mostly Nextel's iDen? They have the cost of rebuilding the new relocated network, plus the cost of WiMax buildout. The big two (and DT in Europe) are going LTE.

Maybe T-Mobile will ditch iDen and CDMA and just rebuild with GSM/WiMax (or LTE) expanding on T-Mobile at the cost of losing iDen customers. Since there are phones that already do CDMA and GSM, they could transition that technology easier. And the network needs to be reallocated anyway so either company is looking at spending $Bs.

With the dollar is at an all time low. DT could pick up $B just as the exchange rate recovers. It could also open up a bidding war with the cable companies looking to partner and move into wireless to compete with QuadPlay.

Regards-Michael G.