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On April 1, T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) closed its acquisition of Sprint and, with that, the whole wireless landscape in the United States changed.
This merger will make 5G more accessible to millions of people at a time when video conferencing, streaming, and Internet usage is skyrocketing.
And it did this with one simple move – access to spectrum.
Without getting too technical and just giving you the most important details, there are three different kinds of spectrum: low-band, mid-band, and millimeter wave (mmWave).
Every carrier uses a different combination to provide wireless signals to its customers, and each type of spectrum offers different tradeoffs, which range from faster speeds to better coverage.
In this case, T-Mobile had mostly slow low-bands with better coverage and only a limited presence in the fast mmWave spectrum.
Combined with T-Mobile, Sprint was able to fill the gaps with its own mid-band and mmWave spectrum coverage, creating better 5G capabilities for everyone on its network.
But that's just part of the story.
This merger is creating a potential profit opportunity in 5G that'd you only know about by diving into the details about the merger…
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