Deal Reached to Buy Some Verizon Lines
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FairPoint Communications reached an agreement with the Vermont Public Service Department that would allow it to buy Verizon phone lines in the state.
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Stocks were set for a slightly higher  open on Wednesday, boosted by wireless carriers Sprint Corp.  FON.N and Nextel Communications Inc. NXTL.O, which agreed  to combine in a deal worth about $35 billion.
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Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about &#36;35 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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TRENTON, NJ - Verizon Wireless is buying wireless-spectrum licenses covering 23 US markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion.
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U.S. local telephone company  Verizon Communications Inc. has clinched a deal to buy  long-distance carrier MCI Inc. for $6.8 billion, outflanking  rival Qwest Communications International Inc., sources familiar  with the situation said on Monday.
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Last week&#39;s merger deal between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. continues a consolidation trend among wireless carriers that could help lower prices and bolster the development of technology for
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Second-largest US provider will buy wavelength portions from NextWave Telecom, which is emerging from bankruptcy. By Ken Belson. Verizon Wireless said Friday that it would pay $3 billion for the spectrum licenses
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The combination could force other carriers to seek partners, people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.
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Verizon Communications Inc. said on  Monday it signed a deal to carry sports and entertainment  channels from cable operator Comcast Corp.
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Verizon Communications Inc. announced this morning that it has agreed to buy MCI Inc. in a deal it valued at $6.7 billion in cash, stock and special dividends. -The Washington Post
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Oil comany Chevron and leading carriers AT&T, Verizon want to join the bidders, which include Google.
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Buying USinternetworking lets the telecom giant reach out and touch managed services.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Vodafone has given Verizon Wireless the green-light to make a bid to buy Sprint. &quot;Verizon Communications Inc.
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Agreement with Verizon will allow deployment of a citywide wireless network.
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Alltel, the nation's sixth-largest wireless carrier, is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless for roughly $4 billion.
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Sprint has agreed to buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications in a deal worth $35.17 billion, combining the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless carriers and creating a new company with about 40 million customers.
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NEW YORK  - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it had signed an agreement with NextWave Telecom Inc. to purchase all of its airwave licenses for $3 billion.