Deutsche Tel deal compromise paves way to cutting U.S. exposure

By Harro Ten Wolde and Nadia Damouni FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweetening the terms of a U.S. merger not only improves Deutsche Telekom's chances of getting a deal done, but may also pave the way for what some investors and bankers think it really wants - to reduce its exposure to a highly-competitive market. The German group's T-Mobile USA unit lacks the critical mass to take on bigger U.S. rivals Verizon, AT&T and Sprint and has been losing market share. Having struck a deal to merge T-Mobile USA with smaller U.S. ...

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/deutsche-tel-deal-compromise-paves-way-cutting-u-180641306--sector.html