 "A man looks at the logo of SoftBank Group Corp at the company's headquarters in Tokyo")
SoftBank Group, the majority owner of Sprint, is willing to accept a stock-for-stock merger with T-Mobile US that values Sprint at or near its current market price, according to people familiar with the matter.
While the two sides haven’t agreed on an exact value, SoftBank doesn’t expect to receive much of a premium to Sprint’s current share price and may accept a deal that values the fourth-ranked US wireless carrier at about its $34 billion market capitalisation, said the people. Deutsche Telekom, the majority owner of third-largest US wireless provider T-Mobile, previously told SoftBank it felt Sprint shares should be valued
