Filed by T-Mobile US, Inc.
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Sprint Corporation
Commission File No.: 001-04721
The
following blog post was made available in connection with the transaction:
When we say well do something, we mean it!
John Legere
| May 20, 2019
Over the last few
months, Ive been writing a lot about the New
T-Mobile
and the various ways a supercharged
Un-carrier
will benefit American consumers and businesses. Ive also
been doing a lot of listening. After all, we built this
Un-carrier
revolution by listening to others and then acting decisively. So why would we approach this merger any differently? As weve made our
case for the New
T-Mobile,
weve been listening to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and many others. Today, we took some action on those discussions, and we submitted a set of commitments to
the FCC around the New
T-Mobile
to address what weve heard. We listen and we take action. Its who we are.
Let me be clear. These arent just words
theyre verifiable, enforceable and specific commitments that bring to life how the New
T-Mobile
will deliver a world-leading nationwide 5G network truly 5G for all, create more competition in broadband, and continue to give customers more choices, better value and better service.
I particularly want to thank Chairman Pai for his statement of support for these commitments and our merger as well as his ongoing leadership to help
ensure our country is a leader, not a follower, in the 5G era. We look forward to continuing to meet and work with a variety of important stakeholders to demonstrate the powerful benefits the New
T-Mobile
will
bring but todays filing is at the center of our plans to bring 5G to American consumers. Ultimately, todays commitments are about our shared goal to put the U.S. at the forefront of 5G innovation, driving massive economic growth,
helping bridge the Digital Divide, creating more competition, and of course, giving consumers and businesses more for less. The commitments were making today help advance all of these goals! It is that simple.
Specific Enforceable Commitments to Deliver 5G for All
First, weve committed to key milestones well hit as we build out 5G for ALL both on a nationwide scale and specifically for rural America.
Weve laid out aggressive targets for this supercharged 5G network. In three years, weve committed that the New
T-Mobile
will cover 97% of the U.S. population with 5G on
low-band
spectrum and 75% of the population with 5G on
mid-band
spectrum. That will grow to 99% of the U.S. population covered with
low-band
5G in six years and 88% with
mid-band
5G.
This is critically
important because it ensures that this country will have broad AND deep nationwide 5G utilizing both mid and low band spectrum, which will deliver a radically better, more expansive experience than the status quo. This should also force Verizon and
AT&T to
re-evaluate
their 5G strategies and accelerate their investment and 5G deployment.
We also
established milestones to cover 85% of rural America with 5G on
low-band
spectrum in three years and 90% in six years. We set targets for the number of people with access to equal or greater than 100 Mbps and
50 Mbps average download speeds (hint: its a lot
90% and 99% of the countrys population respectively in six years, and we even outlined how well verify those speeds with drive tests!).
Weve also made clear commitments around
in-home
broadband. Ive said before that we are going to
Un-carrier
broadband, and thats what were going to do. Because this is one of the most
un-competitive
industries in the country and the least
customer-friendly! Almost half the countrys households 45% have no high-speed service or only one option to choose from. The numbers are worse for rural households, 76% of which have no high-speed service or only one choice
available.