T-Mobile deal could mean advantages for UScellular customers

UScellular customers, he said will have the opportunity to “tap into the breadth of what T-Mobile has done on a spectrum level, creating this high-performing 5G network. For years, Verizon was the most reliable network. And T-Mobile aggressively has attacked 5G and I think they are trying to wrestle that mantle away from Verizon in terms of most reliable.”

If the deal is approved, then consumers with UScellular contracts will have the option to stay on their current plans or move to an unlimited T-Mobile plan of their choosing with no switching costs, with benefits that include streaming and free international data roaming, T-Mobile said.

The company didn’t disclose its plans for enterprise customers.

Laurent Therivel, CEO of UScellular, said that the “transaction provides our customers access to better coverage and speeds, as well as unlimited texting in more than 215 countries, content offers, device upgrades and other T-Mobile benefits.”

T-Mobile said it will pay for the acquisition with a combination of cash and the assumption of up to $2 billion of UScellular’s debt.