T-Mobile Says Big Fast Network a Reason to Approve Sprint Deal

T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. asked regulators to approve their merger, saying consumers will benefit from a faster network even as the $26.5 billion deal removes a competitor from the U.S. wireless market. An enlarged T-Mobile can quickly build a next-generation -- so-called 5G -- network giving more people access to speedy broadband, the companies said in a document filed with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday. T-Mobile, the fastest-growing of the four major U.S. wireless companies thanks to low prices and features such as free video, needs approval from the FCC and Justice Department.