MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (PCS)

[bowonwing]

Interesting comment by Joel West: "So instead of being paid $39b to exit (failed ATT deal), DT is paying $1.5b cash to build up a more stable company. I would presume that DT hopes that it will be able to gradually unload its 74% holding in the combined company through open market sales." From his 10/3/12 Seeking Alpha article "T-Mobile's Exit Strategy."

So in the long run is DT just finding a way to exit the U.S. wireless market, using PCS as a pawn?