T-Mobile on Friday announced that it has completed its acquisition of UScellular‘s wireless operations. The $4.3 billion deal includes UScellular’s wireless customers, stores, and 30% of its cellular spectrum.
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced it has closed its acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations — a big win for U.S. mobile and broadband consumers across the country. More than four million UScellular customers, including businesses, will soon get access to blazing fast speeds on the nation’s best network and have the opportunity to unlock value, new perks and savings on a T-Mobile plan. Plus, hundreds of thousands of households in UScellular’s footprint that previously lacked access to high-speed connectivity will soon be eligible for T-Mobile’s popular in-home broadband service. And T-Mobile customers who live in, travel to, or pass through the UScellular footprint will benefit from enhanced network coverage, too.
Although T-Mobile announced the acquisition back in May 2024, the deal was contingent on regulatory approval. Reuters says the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved the merger in mid-July following T-Mobile’s ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
T-Mobile sent the FCC a letter [PDF] with a promise to end DEI on July 9, and the deal was approved two days later. T-Mobile said that it was eliminating its DEI-related policies “not just in name, but in substance.”
Existing UScellular customers will be incorporated into the T-Mobile network. UScellular users can keep their plans for the time being, although T-Mobile will begin allowing them to the transition to T-Mobile unlimited plans “as networks and systems are integrated.”
UScellular is the third U.S. cellular network acquired by T-Mobile, as it previously acquired MetroPCS and Sprint in 2013 and 2020, respectively.
