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> It's an underdog in the US because it doesn't have the infatructure that at&t and verizon do. I get that. Still it has nearly as much employees as Verizon an

> It's an underdog in the US because it doesn't have the infatructure that at&t and verizon do. I get that. Still it has nearly as much employees as Verizon and AT&T combined. Telekom is one of the least start-up-like organization you can think of. Some of these employees still have the status of German Beamte and are unfireable. I do not know if you are familiar with German bureaucracy, but Kafka wrote some books about it … Nevertheless articles like this treat T-Mobile like it's a small fast-moving start-up battling against evil corporations.

maxerickson 11y ago
The US company appears to operate largely independently from the international owner.
- selectodude 11y ago
  And they keep trying to sell it.
  - MrRadar 11y ago
    Yep. In the past five years they've had four different suitors. In 2011 it was AT&T (blocked by FCC/FTC), in 2013 is was Softbank/Sprint (could not get enough assurance from FCC/FTC the deal would not also be blocked) and Iliad (French telecom, couldn't raise enough cash to meet DT's asking price), and in 2015 it was Dish (similar situation to Softbank/Sprint). My guess for the next suitor will be a cable company like Comcast or Time Warner Cable shortly after the 600 MHz auction.
- scurvy 11y ago
  As long as tmo doesn't adopt DT's peering policy, I'll be happy.