Doubtful, T-Mobile has shown it is quite profitable without Sprint, taking on Sprint's debt and assets will force T-Mobile to act like a classic telecom company much moreso than they already do.
T-Mobile is only interested in buying Sprint for their 120Mhz of 2.5ghz spectrum, as they would be able to use that to build a 5G network with much wider spacing (similar to Clearwire's spacing every 16 blocks) versus Verizon and AT&T who will need to place radios every 2 to 3 blocks using mmWave spectrum (and mmWave won't work indoors either).
Sprint and T-Mobile could easily come to a network sharing agreement where T-Mobile builds out 2.5Ghz and Sprint can use the network, similar to Telus/Bell in Canada. This would be a much more reasonable option than merging and losing the only carrier (Sprint) that has consistently provided downward pressure on cell plan prices.
T-Mobile is only interested in buying Sprint for their 120Mhz of 2.5ghz spectrum, as they would be able to use that to build a 5G network with much wider spacing (similar to Clearwire's spacing every 16 blocks) versus Verizon and AT&T who will need to place radios every 2 to 3 blocks using mmWave spectrum (and mmWave won't work indoors either).
Sprint and T-Mobile could easily come to a network sharing agreement where T-Mobile builds out 2.5Ghz and Sprint can use the network, similar to Telus/Bell in Canada. This would be a much more reasonable option than merging and losing the only carrier (Sprint) that has consistently provided downward pressure on cell plan prices.