Justice department reaches settlement to approve T-Mobile and Sprint merger with conditions.

We have been following this story for the last few years. We've known that Sprint and T-Mobile were interested in merging since rumors began rumbling back in 2016 with plans falling through at least a couple of times. Even at that time, the reason for merging was similar - Sprint couldn't survive as the no. 4 carrier on its own. Today, the US Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs has announced its approval for the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint with conditions. Five State Attorney Generals have reached an agreement that would do two things: Expedite the nationwide 5G rollout for...