{"id":5217,"date":"2013-04-24T11:05:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2022-01-31T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:33:02","slug":"t-mobile-deals-gets-thumbs-up-from-metropcs-shareholders-36577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/metro\/t-mobile-deals-gets-thumbs-up-from-metropcs-shareholders-36577\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile deals gets thumbs up from MetroPCS shareholders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Last month the T-Mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/providers\/metropcs\/\">MetroPCS<\/a> deal <a href=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/metropcs\/t-mobile-metropcs-update-passees-doj-in-shareholders-hands36557\/\">passed regulatory muster<\/a>, but it still lacked a key component: MetroPCS shareholder approval. Many major shareholders made waves, claiming that the deal undervalued MetroPCS. After some back-and-forth, T-Mobile improved the offer. It was well received, and this morning the MetroPCS shareholders approved the deal. That is the last hurdle before the merger can go through. Expect a bigger announcement soon, with the combined company taking shape in the next few months.\nVia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonescoop.com\/articles\/article.php?a=12270\">Phone Scoop<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>T-Mobile deals gets thumbs up from MetroPCS shareholders | Prepaid Reviews Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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