https://tech.newstatesman.com/business/t-mobile-sprint-merger-dish

After more than two years of negotiations, a T-Mobile-Sprint union may finally come to fruition. It all hinges on what happens to the companies’ prepaid businesses.

It wasn’t supposed to take this long. T-Mobile and Sprint announced plans to merge in April 2017 in a deal worth $26.5 billion. More than two years later, they are still in negotiations with regulators. While the combined company would not be the largest mobile operator in the US, it would dominate the prepaid market. Regulators are concerned about price gouging.