The Big Four is no more as T-Mobile's buyout of US Cellular gets FCC approval

It’s official: T-Mobile is swallowing up most of US Cellular’s wireless business, and with the FCC and Department of Justice both clearing the way, the magenta giant is about to get even bigger. But while the move brings some consumer perks, it marks another step toward a wireless market even more firmly under the control of the Big Three — and DISH, once the government’s golden ticket to competition, is looking increasingly like a dead end (Source: PhoneArena via AndroidHeadlines).