T-Mobile Wants to Expand Fiber Offerings With Purchase of Metronet

T-Mobile said in the release that Metronet is expected to grow to about 6.5 million customers by 2030.

The deal would close in 2025.

KKR is already a minority investor in Metronet.

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The release comes the same week that US Democratic Sens.

Despite the potential regulatory hurdles, T-Mobile comes off as in major expansion mode.

T-Mobile’sbiggest competitors in the fiber internet marketincludeAT&T,Google Fiber,Frontier,Verizon FiosandQuantum Fiber.