T-Mobile is still a very valuable target for a buyout- just not from one of the existing cellphone companies.
I would not be at all surprised if someone like Time Warner Cable (or Dish, as the TechCrunch article mentions) took an interest. Verizon can offer a "quad-play" internet/home phone/cellphone/TV plan, and I suspect their competition would love to do the same.
Also, don't forget that T-Mobile just earned $4bn from AT&T. That can do them a lot of favours.
I would not be at all surprised if someone like Time Warner Cable (or Dish, as the TechCrunch article mentions) took an interest. Verizon can offer a "quad-play" internet/home phone/cellphone/TV plan, and I suspect their competition would love to do the same.
Also, don't forget that T-Mobile just earned $4bn from AT&T. That can do them a lot of favours.