T-Mobile-Sprint: Key stats before the merger

Company	T-Mobile (TMUS)	Sprint (S)
Ranking by total number of customers	No. 3	No. 4
Employees	52,000	30,000
Revenue	$43.3B	$33.6B
Price per share (Following announcement 7/26/19)	$82.53	$7.90
Shares outstanding	854,303,011	4,090,807,600
Market cap	$70.51B	$32.32B
Total wireless customer count	81.3M	54.5M
Total wireless postpaid	45.54M	32.77M
Total wireless prepaid	21.2M	8.8M
Coverage map	https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map	https://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?
Retail store numbers	2,200	3,800
5G coverage	Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York	Current: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City (Expected: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Washington D.C.)
Spectrum for 5G	mmWave	Sub-6GHz (2.5GHz)
Peak 5G download speed	583 Mbps	484 Mbps
5G phones	Galaxy S10 5G	LG V50; Galaxy S10 5G

T-Mobile and Sprint got the go-ahead for their $26 billion merger Friday from the US Department of Justice. The merger will create a carrier that has the size and scale to better go toe-to-toe with industry leaders Verizon and AT&T in an effort to attract consumers by offering better service at lower prices. 

The DOJ wasn't alone in scrutinizing the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. Thirteen state attorneys general, including New York's and California's, filed a lawsuit alleging the merger would raise prices for consumers.  

While the Federal Communications Commission gave the deal its approval last month, the DOJ was looking for T-Mobile to sell off additional assets to create a new wireless competitor. In response to the DOJ's concerns, T-Mobile reached a deal with Dish Network. The satellite provider would receive wireless spectrum from T-Mobile and Sprint's prepaid wireless network, Boost Mobile. 

To ease antitrust concerns, T-Mobile and Sprint have promised to hold prices steady for three years. They've also pledged to create customer service centers to spur job growth. 

Here's a comparison of how T-Mobile and Sprint stack up: