Thursday, June 19, 2014

Gotta Love T-Mobile!

What does a wireless telecom firm have to do to attract new customers and build brand loyalty?  Give away free iPhones on a 7-day trial basis?  Waive data fees for streaming music from services such as Pandora, Rhapsody, iTunes Radio, Slacker Radio, and iHeartRadio?  Do away with contracts and international roaming fees?  

As the fourth largest wireless telecom provider in the United States, with about 40% of the number of subscribers as the two largest firms in the industry, but with spare capacity on an upgraded network, T-Mobile, the uncarrier, is disrupting the industry in a big way.  Will AT&T and Verizon respond?  If Sprint and T-Mobile decide to merge will regulators be more likely to think that the disruption ends or gets stronger?    

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