It was a fun ride worrying about what would happen with T-Mobile and AT&T. Many of us were upset and against the whole idea. Seems we weren’t the only ones since the government stepped in and denied the merger. Just because the deal fell through, doesn’t mean T-Mobile lost out though. In the end the deal was set up as a win/win for T-Mobile no matter what happened. That is some serious business moves right there. Not only did DT get a grip of cash from AT&T they are also locking down oodls of new service areas and spectrum.
What does that mean for you, the consumer? It means a lot really. It means that T-Mobile will get a significant boost in coverage areas. As illustrated in the handy map that GigaOM reader Andrew Shepherd put together for us all shows. As you can see, T-Mobile will get a pretty substantial bump.
They may not have snagged up coverage nation wide, but they still cleaned up in key cities around the nation. Shepherd found that
AT&T has forked over all of its AWS holdings in valuable markets like Boston; San Francisco/Oakland; Washington, D.C.; Houston; Baltimore; Atlanta; San Diego; Seattle; Kansas City, Mo.; San Jose, Calif.; San Antonio; and Salt Lake City. That can’t sit to well with AT&T, but we know it didn’t cripple their networks in any of the locations mentioned.
The official transfer application has popped up in the Federal Communications Commission’s website over the weekend and is expected to go through with out a hitch. We look forward to hearing about its approval and increased coverage.
Source: GigaOM
