Another seismic wave hits the world today as AT&T buys T-Mobile. This move instated AT&T as the premier wireless service provider in the United States and is predicted to start a monopoly. Inevitably, as merger mania pushes one to peak, another business plunges down. And, Sprint becomes the victim of this game-changing deal. Sprint woke up today with 1 15% slip in New York trading, but hurriedly reacts and called a team-up with Google Voice.

Ryan Singel of wired.com explains how Sprint customers will be able to utilize Google Voice: “Once set up, incoming calls to a Sprint user’s current number can also ring work and home numbers, as well as software inside Gmail. Those who switch also get low cost international calls through Google Voice, call screening, voicemail transcription, phone number blocking, the ability to switch a call from phone-to-phone while in progress, free conference calling and per-person voicemail greetings.”

Obviously, this raw deal is one of the very few options Sprint has, as they scramble to come up with a loud bang to answer the AT&T and T-Mobile fusion. There are various limitations that Google Voice has. This includes it incapacity to handle and manage MMS messages. Google Voice is available within the US only.

Just when everyone thought that Sprint is almost ready to unite with T-Mobile, the AT&T purchase becomes a real shocker. AT&T has entered quite a few partnership, enhancements and launched programs in its quest to regain lead over competition. The $19 billion wireless project is now on and Las Vegas is the epicentre. With Sprint reacting first to this acquisition, it’s very interesting to see what would be Verizon’s response to topple this move by arch-rival, AT&T. With developments such as this, it truly is an exciting year for mobile community, and it’s seemingly just begun.