T-Mobile + Sprint Doesn't Add Up By Tero Kuittinen About this article: Nein, nein, nein! The hookup of T-Mobile (a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom ) and Sprint is the least likely telecom merger idea since the rumors last summer of Cisco and Nokia joining forces. Sewing this Frankencarrier together would probably trigger a gush of new sub losses. Let's run through the reasons T-Sprint should never see the light of day. We know that Sprint continues to have big problems combining the iDen technology used by Nextel and the CDMA technology used by Sprint. The Sprint-Nextel merger problems are far from being solved; Sprint is losing iDen customers at a rapid clip, and merging yet another mobile standard at this point would be an extremely complex endeavor. T-Mobile's GSM network would throw yet another standard to the mix. Many customers would not stick around -- Sprint's apparent sub base of 54 million is to some extent an optical... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200.

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