(Reuters) - French telecoms operator Iliad SA has made a buyout offer for T-Mobile USA Inc , a person familiar with the matter said, countering an offer by Sprint Corp .
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday that Iliad had made the surprise offer to T-Mobile's board less than a week ago and was working with several banks to secure financing. (http://on.wsj.com/1o8WRKT)
Japan's SoftBank Corp <9984.T>, which controls Sprint, and T-Mobile's 67-percent owner Deutsche Telekom AG
That merger is not expected to occur before September, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. T-Mobile and Iliad did not immediately respond to requests for comment. "The opportunity for a transaction that brings capital and spectrum would be highly beneficial," T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere said on CNBC earlier on Thursday.
"The opportunity to bring Sprint and T-Mobile together is one. But there are many different ways to do this and we will consider all of them," he said. T-Mobile shares were up 5 percent at $32.50 in early afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Sprint shares were down 3 percent at $7.51.
(Reporting by Edwin Chan in San Francisco, Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore, Marina Lopes in New York and Leila Abboud in Paris; Editing by Ted Kerr)
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