T-Mobile and Sprint announced their merger deal more than a year ago, saying their combined pocketbooks and holdings of spectrum — the airwaves that carry cellphone signals — could result in a better 5G network than either company could build on its own. Several Wall Street analysts have agreed with that assessment. The United States is in a politically sensitive race with China to be on top as this technology is developed and implemented.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 11, 2019 17:20 UTC