T-Mobile to Buy UScellular for $4.4 Billion

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2024 – T-Mobile announced on Tuesday the company agreed to buy UScellular’s wireless operations and nearly a third of its spectrum holdings for $4.4 billion.

T-Mobile will add more than 4 million customers to its postpaid phone footprint, which stood at 76.5 million as of the company’s first quarter earnings report. T-Mobile will also scoop up spectrum in the 24 gigahertz, 2.5 GHz, 600 and 700 MHz, AWS, and PCS bands.