The wireless and wire line telecom industry is changing, again. Remember a decade ago, when we had long-distance companies? Then the long-distance giants were acquired by the baby bells. Next, the baby bells merged into three. Then the wireless industry merged its way down to a handful of giants. So what’s next? We are watching the next wave of industry-reshaping events setting themselves up. Let’s take a look. When this is done, the industry will not look the same. We expected to see Sprint merge with T-Mobile.
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The Mobile Merger Domino Effect
Posted by: Jeff Kagan May 26, 2011 05:00 AMThe wireless and wire line telecom industry is changing, again. Remember a decade ago, when we had long-distance companies? Then the long-distance giants were acquired by the baby bells. Next, the baby bells merged into three. Then the wireless industry merged its way down to a handful of giants. So what’s next? We are watching the next wave of industry-reshaping events setting themselves up. Let’s take a look. When this is done, the industry will not look the same. We expected to see Sprint merge with T-Mobile.