The mobile industry saw some important consolidation unfold in the second quarter as the lesser tier-one carriers made some strong alliances: Sprint agreed to be acquired by Japan’s SoftBank and began to close in on its own acquisition of Clearwire while T-Mobile officially closed its pickup of MetroPCS. This report examines these and other developments in the mobile industry, as well as trends that will impact the market during the rest of 2013 and beyond.
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