I'm pretty sure Amazon doesn't want to do telephony, more probably some 5G IoT stuff.
From ZeroHedge:
The massive growing conglomerate that is Amazon has been famous for moving into new industries over the last decade. But it is one proposed move - a foray into the wireless industry – that has one Wall Street analyst calling the company "batshit crazy", according to Bloomberg.....MORE
Amazon could be interested in purchasing prepaid phone service Boost Mobile from Sprint and T-Mobile, Reuters reported last week. The move may align with Amazon's recent strategy to "broaden the value of its offerings to lower-income shoppers", Bloomberg noted. Both Amazon and Wal-Mart have recently been tapped to try out a pilot program to accept U.S. government food assistance for online orders.
MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett didn't mince words in a note to clients about the possibility of such a purchase: "Every once in a while, a news item comes along that is so batshit crazy – sorry for the profanity, but your author is at a loss for a better word here – that one is simply brought up short."....
