Mr. Stephenson countered that expanding its network without T-Mobile's customer base, spectrum and cellular towers had "no business case".
The company had sought to offer concessions to win regulatory approval, including potentially selling more than a quarter of T-Mobile's customers and spectrum to a competitor like Leap Wireless.
And not only the difference between red and white onions, but the difference between which customers care that their onions are either red and white, and which customers don't really sweat the small stuff, and the full spectrum between customer A and customer B. https://twitter.com/shreditsister/status/910917754143727616. .
In many ways, the acquisition of Magento helps Adobe close the loop in its marketing story by giving its customers a full spectrum of services that go from analytics, marketing and customer acquisition all the way to closing the transaction.
"We will sell customers, networks and spectrum in markets where the D.O.J. believes concentration is too high".
At the opposite end of the spectrum, customers who are looking for extremely long-lived tires -- those that guarantee 80,000 or even 100,000 miles of tread wear instead of 40,000 miles, or those that can run for miles even after the air has leaked from them -- may not realize they could be trading away handling and gas-mileage advantages by paying a premium for peace of mind.
The Suits have a head start: massive infrastructure, captive customers, exclusively owned spectrum and vertical integration for soup-to-nuts solutions.
On the enterprise end of the spectrum, customers include energy management company Schneider Electric, collaboration company MindJet, security service Allegion, and Berkshire Hathaway's travel insurance division Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection.
When a cell site the towers or rooftop nodes that transmit and receive mobile signals runs out of spectrum, customers endure Cell Hell: The site begins dropping calls and blocking new calls from going through.
"This move will create an enhanced platform of network coverage, spectrum and customer care to better serve the growing needs of both Alltel and Verizon Wireless customers for reliable basic and advanced broadband wireless services," said Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless president and chief executive officer.
