The planned $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has been approved by the Justice Department and the FCC, but it’s not a sure thing yet. To sweeten the deal, T-Mobile is dangling three big free and cheap data initiatives that will only go through if the merger does. A little sugar helps the medicine go down. Contingent on creating the “New T-Mobile,” there are three big moves planned, all of which, to be fair, sound great: 10 years of free 5G for all police, fire, emergency medical services and other first responders countrywide Free wireless service and reduced cost devices to 10 million disconnected households in the U.S.