Editing T-Mobile (brand) (section)

==== Merger with Sprint ====
{{Main|Merger of Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile USA}}

On 29 April 2018, T-Mobile and [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]] announced a $26 billion merger deal, with the resulting company to operate under the name T-Mobile.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43943848|title=T-Mobile to buy Sprint in $26bn merger|date=2018-04-29|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2018-04-30|archive-date=2018-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429181652/http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43943848|url-status=live}}</ref> Federal Communications Commission Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] announced that he would back the merger. On 11 February 2020, the deal was approved by a federal judge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fcc-chairman-recommends-approval-of-t-mobile-sprint-merger-11558357756|title=T-Mobile, Sprint Get Merger Backing From FCC Chairman|last1=Kendall|first1=Brent|date=2019-05-21|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-21|last2=FitzGerald|first2=Drew|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=2019-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520234509/https://www.wsj.com/articles/fcc-chairman-recommends-approval-of-t-mobile-sprint-merger-11558357756|url-status=live}}</ref> The merger was completed on 1 April 2020 with Deutsche Telekom holding owning 43% of the company, [[SoftBank]] at 24% and the remaining 33% to the public shareholders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmonews.com/2020/02/t-mobile-sprint-updated-merger-agreement/|title=T-Mobile, Sprint confirm updated merger agreement|access-date=2020-02-21|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221075540/https://www.tmonews.com/2020/02/t-mobile-sprint-updated-merger-agreement/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=https://www.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-sprint-business-combination-agreement|title=T-Mobile and Sprint Announce Amendment to Business Combination Agreement|website=www.t-mobile.com|access-date=2020-02-21|date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221035657/https://www.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-sprint-business-combination-agreement|url-status=live}}</ref>

As part of the merger, T-Mobile US acquired [[Assurance Wireless]], the service subsidized by the federal [[Lifeline program|Lifeline Assistance program]], a government benefit program supported by the federal [[Universal Service Fund]].

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