T-Mobile expects to pass Sprint in subscriber numbers by the year’s end

If you can’t join them, beat them. That’s the message from T-Mobile after Sprint this week decided not to pursue a merger with the Bellevue-based wireless carrier. After some initial smack talk, T-Mobile CEO John Legere took things a step further — predicting that T-Mobile will surpass Sprint in total customers by the end of the year. Legere made the prediction as part of T-Mobile’s announcement that it has already overtaken Sprint in prepaid wireless customers.