If you have more questions, let us help. Video streams at p. Google One and Amazon Prime available on select rate plans. Starting in October, Metro by T-Mobile now gives you two brand new data plans plus more value on existing plans. And Metro by T-Mobile launches with new all-unlimited plans, including a tier that features Amazon Prime, making it the only U. Plus, the first and only wireless brand to include Google One, a subscription with expanded cloud storage and mobile backup.
Actually, T-Mobile has been the parent company of Metro since So, our customers have been enjoying the T-Mobile network since then. Customers have the option of doing nothing and continue to receive the same great service they have enjoyed from Metro. This meant spotty coverage and unimpressive speed because it lacked spectrum. While the company did a great job squeezing efficiencies out of the network to offer cheap voice service, it would never be able to do that long-term with data services.
Building data networks that can sustain the kind of growth in traffic that wireless operators are seeing today is very expensive. And MetroPCS didn't have the spectrum nor did it have the capital to continue to invest in its network in the way that it needed to invest.
Ultimately, getting bought by T-Mobile or some other larger carrier was the best thing that could have happened. In addition to getting better LTE service, the other benefit is that MetroPCS customers will now be able to use their phones in a lot more places than they can today. Not only will they be able to use the service throughout most major cities in the U.
The other potential monkey wrench in T-Mobile's plan is that Sprint may be considering a counteroffer. Bloomberg reported Thursday that Sprint, which had been close to its own deal to buy MetroPCS earlier this year, is talking to advisers about whether it should offer a higher price to buy the company. If that happens and if MetroPCS is able to get out of its deal with Deutsche Telekom, then we could have an entirely new deal to evaluate.
But the reality is that T-Mobile cannot survive without more wireless spectrum. So the bottom line is that I expect the FCC to act on this quickly. And I expect them to approve the spectrum transfers. I also expect the Department of Justice to follow the FCC's lead on this and approve the deal as well.
But supporting that technology would require Apple to add network technology and radio frequency support the iPhone 5 doesn't currently feature. That said, the iPhone 5 will work on T-Mobile's network, but not at top speeds. T-Mobile has been encouraging people to bring their unlocked devices to its network.
I don't think this merger itself will change Apple's mind about building a T-Mobile compatible iPhone. MetroPCS also does not offer the iPhone. We'll just have to wait and see. Updated p. PT: This story was updated to clarify T-Mobile's unlimited data service. The company now offers a plan that it calls "truly unlimited. With this cheaper "unlimited" data service, customers' service is slowed if they exceed a monthly threshold for data.
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