Thread:Comments:AT&T to purchase T-Mobile for US$39 billion/LTE is also the path for Verizon

We ought to mention that this will in the long term do nothing special with regards to consumers having access to - both  and  are moving towards LTE already. is, and has been, in the process expanding the use of the band for  high speed already, which is not compatible with any devices from AT&T currently.

This merger will leave as the sole (large) operator without an LTE network as announced plans stand at this time, with their network being focused on  instead.