Verizon to Buy MCI in $6.75 Billion Deal
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  on Monday said it would buy long-distance telephone company MCI  Communications Inc. MCIP.O in a deal worth $6.75 billion,  giving Verizon entry into the market serving large  corporations.
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Motorola said it plans to buy Symbol Technologies for $3.9 billion and make the acquired company &#8220;the cornerstone&#8221; of its enterprise business for mobile and wireless technologies.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 17  - Investment company Leucadia National Corp. (LUK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it had bought a 4.96 percent stake in MCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for about $245.9 million.
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DECEMBER 10, 2004 (REUTERS) - Sprint Corp. is in advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No.
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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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Sprint Corp. on Wednesday agreed to buy wireless telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth as much as &#36;38.45 billion to gain more business customers and more wireless airwaves to transmit calls.
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Qwest Communications International  Inc. Q.N on Tuesday posted a smaller quarterly loss, and said  it would "keep every door open" after MCI Inc. MCIP.O spurned  its $7.3 billion takeover offer in favor of a lower bid from  Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N
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Telephone company MCI Inc.  MCIP.O has received a $6 billion takeover bid from Qwest  Communications International Inc. Q.N and has held talks with  another potential suitor, Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N,  sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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MCI Inc. MCIP.O has received a  $6.3 billion takeover bid from Qwest Communications  International Inc. Q.N and has held talks with another  potential suitor, Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N, sources  familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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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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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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Verizon Wireless is buying wireless spectrum licenses covering 23 US markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion, bolstering the cell phone company&#39;s ability to compete with the big new rival
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The U.S. government raised $2.25  billion in an auction of wireless airwaves that ended on  Tuesday, with Verizon Wireless and a partner collectively  winning 63 licenses with almost $697.4 million in bids.
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Verizon Wireless is buying cellular capacity for 23 markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion, ending the government&#39;s long tug-of-war over the never-used licenses and bolstering Verizon against
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U.S. telecom Verizon  Communications Inc. 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 Monday.
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US phone giant Verizon has beaten Qwest in a takeover battle for long-distance firm MCI, reports say.
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December 16, 2004 -- Sprint Corp. agreed to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35 billion in a transaction that would leave three companies in control of 70 percent of the US mobile-telephone market.