In an interview at Re/code’s Washington, D.C., bureau on Tuesday, Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son lambasted the Internet service currently available to U.S. consumers as “horrible” — way too slow and way too costly — even the Internet service offered currently by his own company, the nation’s No. 3 wireless carrier. But he said he could fix that, if the Obama administration were to allow Sprint to merge with No. 4 carrier T-Mobile. He said that such a merger — which he stressed hasn’t been agreed to — would allow the combined company to gain enough scale to install new technology nationally that he claimed would offer speeds up to 10x current levels in homes.
Sprint Chief: U.S. Internet Speeds Are “Horrible” -- Even Sprint’s. I Can Fix That. (Video)
Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son says Sprint/T-Mobile merger would bring much faster speeds.
Famous for his unvarnished statements, Son was in Washington as part of a campaign to build support for such a merger. His aim during the visit was to argue that by providing faster, cheaper service to homes and mobile devices, any merged entity wouldn’t only be competing with wireless giants AT&T and Verizon Wireless, but with entrenched cable and landline phone companies. (Cable giant Comcast owns NBCUniversal, which is a minority investor in this website.)
But it’s best to let the very determined, outspoken and passionate Son speak for himself, in the video below:
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
See More:
