{"id":107594,"date":"2019-03-14T03:03:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=239450"},"modified":"2019-03-14T03:03:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T19:03:02","slug":"t-mobile-commits-to-lower-pricing-for-mvnos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/14\/t-mobile-commits-to-lower-pricing-for-mvnos\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile commits to lower pricing for MVNOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \tT-Mobile US chief John Legere (pictured) offered to lock existing wholesale rates indefinitely for MVNO partners concerned the operator\u2019s proposed merger with Sprint will raise costs.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing before Congress, Legere insisted wholesale prices will drop alongside consumer costs, but said he was willing to sign a deal with MVNOS to \u201ctake their rates right now and lock it in for as long as they want\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter submitted ahead of the hearing, C Spire CEO Hu Meena called Sprint &#8220;the one true maverick in the wholesale market&#8221; and warned a merger would \u201cend the downward pressure that Sprint has exerted\u201d on pricing, harming rural operators and MVNOs.<\/p>\n<p>Sprint chairman Marcelo Claure argued that without the merger, the operator would likely have to raise prices across the board to fund next generation investments. He said it would need to spend nearly $25 billion to extend 5G across its current footprint, but noted the company already has $40 billion in debt and \u201cwe don\u2019t make any money\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company that doesn\u2019t generate free cash flow doesn\u2019t have the ability to invest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would basically have to borrow that money from the bank and potentially raise prices, and we would only be able to offer 5G in selected areas [1].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, if the merger is approved, Legere said the combined company plans to buy more spectrum: \u201cWe\u2019re participating in a mmWave spectrum auction as we speak, and there will be a lot more spectrum that\u2019s needed in addition to what we\u2019re going to get with the coming together of these two companies.\u201d<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/sprint-highlights-limits-of-solo-5g-rollout\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T-Mobile US chief John Legere (pictured) offered to lock existing wholesale rates indefinitely for MVNO &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/t-mobile-commits-to-lower-pricing-for-mvnos\/\">T-Mobile commits to lower pricing for MVNOs<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/\">Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/14\/t-mobile-commits-to-lower-pricing-for-mvnos\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2,2944,2328,2329,2185,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,499,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,787,786,784,782,783,764,785,403,412,411,395,405,404,778,779,780,781],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-rZo","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107595,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107594\/revisions\/107595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}