Verizon sells Canadian directory operations
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Verizon Communications Inc. said today it has signed a deal to sell its Canadian directory operations to investment firm Bain Capital in a deal worth $1.
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Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. is offering $1.4 billion for cellphone rival Microcell Telecommunications, (TSX: MT.B) known for its Fido brand, topping a $1.
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N is  near an agreement to sell its Canadian telephone directory  business to private equity firm Bain Capital, the New York Post  said on Wednesday.
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Search giant buys the company that lets users combine all their phone numbers and voicemail boxes under one phone number.
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Verizon Wireless is adding to its considerable spectrum holdings with the proposed acquisition of airwaves owned by NextWave Telecom. Under terms of the agreement, Verizon will pay US&#36;3 billion for NextWave's PCS spectrum licenses in 23 U.S. markets.
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Canadian telecom equipment giant Nortel Networks Corp.  has signed a $2-billion (C$2.32 billion) supply deal with Verizon Wireless  to help the carrier cope with an explosion in demand for broadband Internet access.
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Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC and Verizon Communications Inc., said late Thursday that it agreed to purchase all of NextWave Telecom Inc.
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Canadian phone firm Bell Canada agrees to be bought for US$48.5bn, the largest deal of its kind in the country.
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Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay US$3 billion to buy the remaining spectrum of a bankrupt wireless firm, allowing Verizon to expand its network capacity in big markets such as New York and Los Angeles.
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Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (RCMb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) launched a friendly C$1.4 billion ($1.07 billion) cash bid for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) VNU (NL:38987) , the Dutch media group that owns TV ratings group Nielsen, said early Monday it has signed a definitive agreeement to sell its World Directories Group to World Directories Acquisition Corp.
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The Dutch publisher VNU, which owns the Nielsen TV ratings service, said Monday it signed a deal to sell its World Directories unit for $2.
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Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to sell its Canadian telephone-directory business to Bain Capital Inc. for about $1.5 billion, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the situation.
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Verizon Wireless is buying cellular capacity for 23 markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for &#36;3 billion, ending the government's long tug-of-war over the never-used licenses and bolstering Verizon against a big new rival created by the merger of Cingular Wireless and AT&amp;T Wireless.
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Regulators cleared the way for Verizon Communications to sell its phone lines in three New England states for $2.7 billion to FairPoint Communications Inc.
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Investor's Business Daily - Verizon Wireless has agreed to buy NextWave Telecom's spectrum licenses in 23 markets for &#36;3 billion in cash as the nation's two regional Bell-owned wireless firms -- Verizon and Cingular -- gobble up the airwaves.
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RCN Corp. , the upstart telecommunications provider that has sought to battle giants like Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. in Greater Boston and other markets, unveiled plans yesterday to exit bankruptcy protection by December and shed more than two-thirds of its $1.8 billion debt load.