据路透社报道,美国第三大无线运营商Sprint公司决定放弃竞购第四大运营商T-Mobile US,因为尽管经过数个月的游说,但监管机构的反对立场并未出现软化迹象。消息人士称,虽然Sprint与T-Mobile并未排除未来合并的可能性,但业界一致认为这个交易在近期得到批准是不可能的。美国监管机构一直坚持将主要无线运营商的数量维持在四个。软银一位高管称:“我们未曾预料到反对会如此强烈。”分析认为,此举对Sprint的母公司日本软银集团来说是一次罕见的挫败,软银创始人孙正义一直将收购视作赶超美国市场 According to Reuters, the third-largest US wireless carrier Sprint decided to give up its bid for T-Mobile US, the fourth-largest operator because, despite months of lobbying, regulators’ objections did not soften. The source said that although Sprint and T-Mobile did not rule out the possibility of future mergers, but the industry agreed that the transaction was approved in the near future is impossible. U.S. regulators have been insisting on keeping the number of key wireless carriers at four. “We did not expect the objections to be so strong.” Analysts believe the move was a rare setback for Sprint’s parent company, Softbank Japan, whose founder, Son Masayoshi, has been buying To catch up with the U.S. market