Well this seems to be the season where underdog carriers just can't merge with anybody. We remember how the whole T-Mobile + AT&T merger never went through, and now it's Sprint's turn. Recently it was all over the news that the Japanese company Softbank would be nice enough to take hold of Sprint, but it seems that even that endeavor is going down hill. Bloomberg has just reported that the DOJ has requested that the FCC should delay the merger between the two companies due to some national security concerns. This doesn't necessarily mean that it won't happen, but once you get the DOJ ...