Sprint Closes Acquisition of U.S. Cellular Assets
May 17, 2013, 10:27 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Sprint today announced that it has finalized its purchase of spectrum and customers from U.S. Cellular in a handful of mid-western markets. The transaction gives Sprint 20MHz of spectrum in Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign, Ill., and 10MHz of spectrum in St. Louis. In addition to the spectrum, Sprint also gains about 420,000 U.S. Cellular subscribers. Sprint and U.S. Cellular have already notified the affected customers about the transition, which will take several months to complete. According to Sprint, it is offering those U.S. Cellular customers handset and service plan options from its Sprint, Virgin, Boost, and payLo brands at little to no extra cost. Sprint plans to use the newly-gained spectrum to enhance its capacity in those markets.
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Had a few people already asking about switching because of this
I am sure these customers are going to be happy with the switch, they are going to have new phones and great value plans.
Most of those US Cellular customers are stuck ...
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