Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint

If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again!
Acquired brings you an episode packed with more drama than an
entire season of Game of Thrones. Starting with a death in the
family, we follow a tale of fortunes lost and rebuilt, bitter
battles between rivals who once worked for each other, and at the
center of it all, a lesson in the power of stable cashflow
businesses. This is one call you don’t want to drop!


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Links:


 Seattle Times’ infographic on Bellevue’s wireless
company history

John Legere at CES 2013



Carve Outs:


Ben: Andrew Chen on the Intercom podcast

David: The 996 Podcast from Zara & Hans at GGV Capital