- Sprint-Nextel may merger will have 35 million customers
- Combined market value will be $70 billion
- 2,500 of Nextel?s 18,000 employees are in the DC area
- Cingular AT&T recently merged (47 million customers)
- Verizon Wireless (40 million customers)
- T-Mobile would be fourth largest with 16 million customers
- Top three would control 75% of the 160 million cell phone users in US
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December 18, 2004
- Sprint-Nextel Merger Confirmed