Regulators do not like the idea of mobile markets dominated by three carriers, preferring the number of four. So it is that Telefonica's proposed €8.6bn purchase of E-Plus, the German arm of The Netherlands' KPN, which would create Germany's largest cellco, is getting close scrutiny.
That likely will be an issue for Sprint as well.
Monday, December 16, 2013
4 and 3: Why Sprint Purchase of T-Mobile US Faces Challenges
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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