Cough, cough. T-mobile is a horse of a different color. It started off as a bunch of more-or-less self standing cellcos in the US who were eventually bought up/merged into Voicestream (Western Wireless), which had a hefty amount of Asian capital behind it.
They were then picked up by the German/European phone and communication giant, Deutsche Telekom.
So while they're owned by a telco, it's in a very, very, different situation than the others.
Disclaimer: I'm not only a customer, I'm also a shareholder.
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