
Nearly 50 months after T-Mobile's controversial $26 billion acquisition of rival U.S. mobile network operator Sprint closed, the worst fears of critics have been realized -- American consumers are paying significantly more each month for wireless service.
In a new report (first reported on in the U.S. by Light Reading), Finland's Rewheel Research claims that wireless markets with only three mobile network operators (MNOs) pay a lot more for wireless service vs. markets with four MNOs, as the U.S. once stood before T-Mobile gobbled up its No. 4 ranked rival.