Chasing AT&T and Verizon The combined market share of Sprint and T-Mobile in 2016 was 29.3 percent — close to the market shares of the leading providers. Provider Market share Verizon Wireless 33.8% AT&T 30.9% T-Mobile 15.2% Sprint 14.1% Regional Service Providers 1.2%But in two rounds of talks, in 2014 and last fall, Mr. “This deal is probably more necessary for Sprint than T-Mobile,” said Amy Yong, a research analyst at Macquarie Capital. Sprint and T-Mobile are seen as important alternatives to the largest carriers, and have offered unlimited data plans while others have limited them. Sprint and T-Mobile were also the first carriers to allow people to unlock their phones.

Source: New York Times April 27, 2018 17:56 UTC