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The report suggests this is about harvesting even more wireless spectrum; my colleague Allison pointed out in 2022<\/a> that US Cellular \u201ctends to offer service where some of the major carriers don\u2019t.\u201d (It would certainly be nice for T-Mobile and Verizon customers to have better coverage, but I would prefer competition to lower my wireless bill.) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n T-Mobile would reportedly pay over $2 billion for wireless spectrum licenses and take over \u201csome operations;\u201d the WSJ<\/em> doesn\u2019t say what Verizon wants, but says US Cellular \u201calso owns more than 4,000 cellular towers that weren\u2019t part of the latest sale talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The idea behind splitting up US Cellular between T-Mobile and Verizon, the WSJ <\/em>suggests, is to keep antitrust regulators from blocking the deal. Regulators wound up letting T-Mobile merge with Sprint after promises that it would turn Dish into a new fourth major US cellular carrier, but last we checked<\/a>, Dish had yet to become a meaningful competitor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n