Say goodbye to Sprint as the yellow and black gets replaced by magenta

With the news today that T-Mobile plans on merging with Sprint in a transaction valued at $26.5 billion, this could be the end of the road for the Sprint name. The merged company will be known as T-Mobile and will be run at the top by the latter's John Legere. T-Mobile parent Deutsche Bank will own 42% of the carrier, and Sprint parent SoftBank will control 27%. The public will own the remaining 31%. The deal, which still requires regulatory approval, will reduce the number of major U.S. wireless operators by 25%.

The history of Sprint is a long one, dating back to the Brown Telephone Company ...