 It's Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012. I'm Sam Sheffer and my presence in the present is my present to you. This is 90 seconds on the Verge. A definitive agreement has been reached to merge MetroPCS with T-Mobile USA. The new company will operate as T-Mobile. MetroPCS will be moving customers off its current CDMA network to GSM by 2015. That spectrum would be repurposed to expand its 4G LTE network. Even combined, the current subscriber base would put the Merge carrier in fourth place behind AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Name the day of marriage and governing bodies give thee joy. Production has reportedly begun on the iPad mini. According to the Wall Street Journal, LG Display and AU Optronics are now making 7.85 inch LCD panels for a new Apple tablet. The resolution is said to be lower than Apple's latest iPad with Retina Display. No word on a release date, but All Things D has previously reported that Apple would unveil the smaller iPad at an event this month. Finally, Xbox Music will launch on October 26th with free ad-supported streaming. Multiple sources tell The Verge that the company will additionally offer subscriptions similar to its current Zune Music Pass. Microsoft has plans to offer Xbox Music across multiple platforms like iOS and Android, but we're told those apps won't be immediately available. The service will be first available on Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Xbox 360. And that's it for today's top stories. Coming up tomorrow, we'll tell you how geologists are helping to build the ultimate arena for this year's anti-gravity games.