Where Will Sprint Be in 1 Year?

Sprint (NYSE: S) has been the smallest of the major wireless carriers in America for the last four years. While the other industry giants boosted their subscriber numbers by millions of new names, Sprint's customer Rolodex grew 4% slimmer.

The company found an exit strategy last year when sector peer T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) launched a stock-swap buyout bid. Eighteen months later, the deal is inching closer to the finish line.

Ideally, Sprint will have consummated the T-Mobile deal within the next 52 weeks. Here's what will happen if the merger closes without further incident -- and what's next if that happy ending never arrives.

Source Fool.com