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   by Jeff Moore   
      
   Very soon, the Sprint brand will be gone from the U.S. telecom   
   market. "On August 2, we're combining our Sprint and T-Mobile brands   
   to operate as one T-Mobile brand nationwide," T-Mobile CEO Mike   
   Sievert said on July 22.   
      
   This wasn't supposed to happen. At its height in March 2006, Sprint's   
   market capitalization was $76 billion. This was in the aftermath of   
   Sprint's $35 billion acquisition of a national competitor, Nextel, in   
   2005. As of 2005, Sprint was the third biggest U.S. carrier and Nextel   
   was the fifth biggest. The deal also gave Sprint a chunk of the   
   prepaid market via Nextel's Boost Mobile asset.   
      
   https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/industry-voices-moore-a   
   farewell-to-sprint   
      
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