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Boost Mobile Founder Wants T-Mobile, Sprint to Divest Prepaids

Peter Adderton says combination should sell Boost or MetroPCS
Prepaid business serves those lacking credit or income

Pedestrians walk past a Sprint Corp. store in Glendale, California, U.S., on Monday, April 24, 2017.Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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By Todd Shields

May 21, 2018 at 2:55 PM UTC

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T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. emphasize the prospect of faster 5G service as they tout their proposed $26.5 billion merger, and say decisions will come later about their less glamorous prepaid brands MetroPCS and Sprint’s Boost Mobile.

A Boost founder has a suggestion: sell one of the brands to preserve competition for prepaid customers, who lack the credit record or income needed for a fancy calling plan.