You measure by market cap. Acquisitions are paid in money, not subscribers. Edit...

		echoangle on May 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4B... You measure by market cap. Acquisitions are paid in money, not subscribers. Edit: Also wikipedia says that the AT&T stat includes "connected devices". If that really means they count all individual connected devices, thats a useless comparison. One customer can have multiple devices.

Also those connected devices can be cars and things that nobody gives a fuck about.