Sprint soars after US judge approves merger with T-Mobile
Sprint Nextel Corporation
$22.51
08:10 10/01/25
0.07%
$0.02
Shares of telecommunications carrier Sprint were catapulted higher after a US judge gave the thumbs-up to its plans for a merger with T-Mobile.
Nasdaq 100
20,900.53
08:10 10/01/25
-1.32%
-280.44
T Mobile Us Inc
$41.38
11:00 08/07/16
0.00%
-$0.00
T-MOBILE US
$210.70
08:10 10/01/25
-2.24%
-$4.82
District Judge Victor Marrero said the two companies' plans for a tie-up were not likely to restrain competition in America's wireless market, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Quite the opposite, on numerous occasions over the past decade, T-Mobile's actions had in fact spurred the sector's two main players to be more consumer-firendly, Marrero argued.
And a combination with Sprint would see the continuation of T-Mobile's "undeniably successful business strategy for the foreseeable future".
Shares of Sprint soared by 71.25% to $8.23 on the back of the news.