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Special report: Merger with T-Mobile would dial up tough choices for Sprint


T-Mobile’s flamboyant CEO John Legere (pictured launching a new streaming service at the company’s Unicarrier 5.0 event in June in Seattle) swears in public and sometimes taunts Sprint.
T-Mobile’s flamboyant CEO John Legere (pictured launching a new streaming service at the company’s Unicarrier 5.0 event in June in Seattle) swears in public and sometimes taunts Sprint. The Associated Press

On the second day of a two-day series, The Star looks at Overland Park-based Sprint Corp.’s possible merger with T-Mobile US Inc. The deal could mean throwing the Sprint brand under the bus and putting T-Mobile’s flamboyant top executive, John Legere, in charge. Day one: After years of blocked ambitions and dropped subscribers, the top brass at Sprint plot a dicey merger with T-Mobile while its network czars take aim at leapfrogging the competition.

Click here to read The Star’s special report.

This story was originally published July 19, 2014 at 9:33 PM.

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