MetroPCS in talks to merge with T-Mobile USA

02.10.2012

Whether this merger takes place or not, analysts expect continued consolidation, with scores of small operators gradually being snapped up by bigger ones. If the MetroPCS integration went well, T-Mobile might keep on the warpath itself, possibly buying Leap Wireless in a few years, Marshall said.

"I think they're going to try to roll these guys up to gain scale," Marshall said.

The IDG News Service