T-Cellular has sealed the deal on its UScellular acquisition. In trade for $4.3 billion, T-Cellular will get UScellular’s clients, shops and 30 p.c of its spectrum.
For those who’re a UScellular buyer, you don’t should do something. "UScellular clients keep on their present plans with no modifications for now," the service mentioned. You’ll be able to proceed to handle your account via UScellular’s web site. You too can nonetheless flip to the T-Cellular-owned service for buyer help.
The $4.3 billion wasn’t the one worth T-Cellular needed to pay. To achieve the approval of Trump's FCC, the service agreed to intestine its DEI applications. That adopted Verizon doing the identical for its Frontier acquisition. The president has used merger approvals as a cudgel to push his agenda (together with getting lawsuits settled) within the personal sector.
UScellular will now exist solely as an infrastructure firm. It could possibly now generate income from licensing its remaining spectrum and towers.
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