Which company did T-Mobile US and Sprint form through their 2020 merger?

The 2020 merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint continued under the T-Mobile US name.

T-Mobile US agreed to acquire Sprint in 2018, and the transaction closed on April 1, 2020, following regulatory approval and required commitments. The combined company used T-Mobile’s brand and became the third major nationwide U.S. wireless carrier by subscriber scale at the time.

Sprint’s network and customer base were integrated into T-Mobile’s operations. A central strategic argument for the merger was that Sprint’s 2.5 GHz spectrum could help T-Mobile build a nationwide 5G network.

The deal is sometimes described as creating a “new T-Mobile,” but the legal company remained T-Mobile US, Inc. Dish Network acquired certain Sprint assets and prepaid brands as part of regulatory remedies. Dish was not the company created by the merger.