GOING RURAL: With plans for a T-Mobile US Inc merger in tatters, Sprint Corp is expanding a roaming programme with rural cellphone companies that could provide a much-needed way for the debt-laden wireless carrier to cheaply increase its footprint. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: With plans for a T-Mobile US Inc merger in tatters, Sprint Corp is expanding a roaming programme with rural cellphone companies that could provide a much-needed way for the debt-laden wireless carrier to cheaply increase its footprint.
In March, Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son struck a roaming deal with the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), which represents many US rural and regional carriers, to use each other's networks for roaming at a mutually attractive price.
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