https://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-best-developments-tech-policy-2017-181415240.html > At the start of this year, it seemed inevitable that the fumbling flirtation between Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) that had gone on since 2014 would yield a corporate union that Trump’s regulators would find reasons to approve." data-reactid="26">At the start of this year, it seemed inevitable that the fumbling flirtation between Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) that had gone on since 2014 would yield a corporate union that Trump’s regulators would find reasons to approve. > But the two companies could never nail down a deal and called the whole thing off in November. That spared their employees and customers years of merger-induced turmoil and kept the U.S. wireless market intensely competitive." data-reactid="27">But the two companies could never nail down a deal and called the whole thing off in November. That spared their employees and customers years of merger-induced turmoil and kept the U.S. wireless market intensely competitive.