The study highlighted the new entity’s stronger national position and spectrum advantage.

The adoption of 5G technology in the United States will experience an acceleration if the merger of mobile carriers T-Mobile US and Sprint is approved, according to a recent study by research firm Strategy Analytics.

The new report projected that the T-Mobile US-Sprint merger will result in a 17% surge in the uptake of 5G services by 2023. The study also said that the merged company will outperform individual operations of the two carriers by nearly 1% in market share of gross additions, 0.5% in subscription market share, and 0.4% in revenue market share.

The study also concluded that while the combination of T-Mobile US and Sprint would have a stronger national position and spectrum advantage, both Verizon and AT&T are capable of responding and managing market share losses. he upside of merger-driven 5G acceleration could be offset to some extent by a less competitive pricing landscape and potential for operators taking more profit out of market, according to the study.