Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a full combination with its American arm T-Mobile US Inc., a move that would create a multinational telecom group and rank as the largest-ever public M&A deal, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Deutsche Telekom is already T-Mobile’s biggest shareholder with a roughly 53% stake. The German carrier has been discussing the idea of creating a new holding company that would make a stock bid for shares of both Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.
