Before AT&T decided it wanted to buy T-Mobile the carrier was in a bad financial position according to an article CNN Money. Since it was offered $39 billion of AT&Ts money the carrier has been watching its sales and market share begin to disappear. There are also no network upgrades or major handset launch in the pipeline either.

If the takeover is not approved it don’t bode well for the carrier, as its owners Deutsche Telekom have been looking to get out of the US market for over a year now. The company wants to concentrate on its European operations, and T-Mobile USA has struggled to keep up with its rivals and their 4G networks.

Before AT&T made their move there wasn’t much interest in the carrier from other potential suitors, and if the deal fails to go through there may be even less chance of someone else stepping in. The legal case concerning AT&Ts takeover is expected to take a long time, and won’t help T-Mobiles current problems.

Not having a 4G network could become a major problem a couple of years down the line, but if the deal falls through T-Mobile do get $3 billion in cash plus another $3 billion worth of wireless spectrum. This may not be enough to create a 4G network but it helps all the same.

There are some though who believe that the way the mobile market is someone else may become interested. One such company could be Sprint who was once thought as a possible suitor before AT&T made their bid. But this could prove too costly for Sprint who isn’t exactly sailing along themselves, but if the T-Mobile does become available again it could at least be at a lower price.

What do you think T-Mobile’s future will hold?

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At present we don’t know any confirmed details about the new iPhone, but that hasn’t stopped Germany’s Deutsche Telekom beginning taking preorders for the device from customers. According to AppleInsider via Bloomberg customers can now reserve the handset, and Deutsche Telekom has started now to avoid a mad rush when the handset finally does get released.

Customers who decide to sign up now for the iPhone 5 will be given a coupon for the device when it goes on sale. The carrier is like most other people outside of Apple and doesn’t know any details of the device including its name, specifications, and more importantly when it will be launched.

Other information about the offer has been learnt via Google Translate, and the reservation process is not currently being advertised. You will also not see it on the carrier’s online store as users have to go to one of the retail stores the carrier has. This is where they will be given a ‘premiere ticket’.

It is a first come first served system and customers are only allowed one ticket each. When the handset is released in the country it will be the first time the carrier has not had the iPhone as an exclusive device at launch. Last October both O2 and Vodafone started selling the iPhone to their customers.

It is looking more likely we will see the iPhone 5 during October, and last time round the iPhone 4 went on sale in the US first as well as Germany, France, Japan, and the UK. We will have to wait and see if other carriers follow suit and start preorders for the iPhone 5 early.

Are you surprised that Deutsche Telekom has started preorders already for the iPhone 5?

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