Merger

T-Mobile is planning "significant" layoffs in its Bellevue, Wash., headquarters, starting as soon as March 7, despite promises of job creation.

Earlier this morning, the US Department of Justice gave the T-Mobile / MetroPCS merger its official green light in the form of a 30-day waiting period, which expires is there are no objections made within those 30 days. But it looks as though T-Mobile is a little too eager to get the merger ball...

Early last year there were talks that T-Mobile and MetroPCS could be merged together . This was confirmed by T-Mobile’s CEO who revealed that they expected the deal to be complete by June 2013 and it looks like that will indeed be the case. The merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS has been given...

First news of the T-Mobile acquisition of MetroPCS surfaced back in October 2012. Thus began the long process of passing through government red tape before the deal could actually go through. Earlier today, we reported that the carrier has received a thumbs up from the Department of Justice to move...

The No. 4 wireless carrier in the U.S. is expected to begin cutting more than 100 jobs in marketing and other departments at its headquarters tomorrow, the Seattle Times reports. [Read more]

We're sure that MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA executives were on pins and needles wondering whether or not their proposed merger would clear all the regulatory hurdles. While they're not officially free and clear, the Department of Justice has given a strong hint that the carrier union will go through....

Germans hit back at AT&T's network claims The proposed merger of Deutsche Telekom's US subsidiary T-Mobile and regional carrier MetroPCS looks likely to go ahead, after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed its waiting period for objections to pass without making a comment.…

T-Mobile USA is drawing closer to finishing its merger with MetroPCS Wireless as a deadline for action by the U.S. Department of Justice passed on Tuesday.

Back in October, it was announced that T-Mobile would be acquiring regional carrier MetroPCS , but the deal isn’t final just yet. It obviously has to pass through several government barriers before it can officially happen. However, there’s one less hurdle to jump now, as the Department of Justice...

One day after the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period expired, the Department of Justice gave its approval to the deal which will see MetroPCS purchase T-Mobile in a "reverse merger," and the only tasks left would be FCC approval, approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment, and a vote by...