T-Mobile Chief Makes 5G Case for Buying Sprint
The U.S. has “a real imperative to move quickly” on 5G, to beat China to the new technology, T-Mobile CEO John Legere blogged Thursday. One answer is for regulators to approve his carrier's buy of Sprint, he said. “We will…
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bring our Un-carrier disruptive mentality to wireless and beyond, and we are committed to investing $40 billion to deliver the first broad AND deep truly nationwide 5G network.” The current situation won’t be enough, he said. “We are currently stuck with a status quo that is just not working,” Legere wrote. “If we leave it up to AT&T and Verizon, we’ll be stuck with a spotty, thin, incomplete 5G infrastructure for YEARS. We’ve covered this before, but the abysmal, do-as-little-as-possible approach to 5G rollout so far is proof that AT&T and Verizon won’t change unless they are forced to change.” Verizon and AT&T didn't comment.