Verizon to buy Nextwave licenses for $3 billion
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Verizon Wireless (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday that it had signed an agreement with NextWave Telecom Inc. (NXLC.
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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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NEW YORK, November 5  - Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (VZ.NYS) and Vodafone Group, has reached an agreement to acquire all of NextWave&#39;s airwave spectrum licenses for about $3 billion.
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  said on Tuesday it signed a multiyear deal with Westell  Technologies WSTL.O to sell a phone that integrates a  high-speed Internet modem and wireless networking.
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Verizon Wireless said it would pay $3 billion in cash for the spectrum licenses owned by NextWave Telecom, a move that should expand coverage for new subscribers.
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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 $38.45 billion to gain  more business customers and more wireless airwaves to transmit  calls.
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Sprint Corp. said Tuesday it reached multiyear agreement totaling $3 billion with Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp.
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U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday approved &#36;452 million in additional credits for airwaves that Nextel Communications Inc.  would return as part of a spectrum swap aimed at ending interference with public safety communications.
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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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Alcatel  unveiled on Friday a  preliminary agreement to buy Nortel's  third generation  cell phone network unit for $320 million, aiming to achieve  greater scale amid cut-throat price competition.
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Sprint Corp. announced plans yesterday to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35 billion in a deal that could give consumers better service but leave them with higher bills due to less competition.
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NEW YORK - Just two months after the announcement that Cingular Wireless will acquire AT&amp;T Wireless, Sprint has announced that it plans to buy Nextel Communications for $35 billion.
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Cingular Wireless LLC on Monday said MetroPCS Inc. will buy some of its wireless spectrum licenses in a $230 million cash deal designed to help meet conditions set by regulators as part of its acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Sprint Corp. said Wednesday it would buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. for about &#36;36 billion, creating a U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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In the deal announced Friday Verizon Wireless is buying the remaining cellular capacity from NextWave Telecom for $3 billion in cash.
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Sprint Nextel Corp  on Tuesday  said it will spend up to $3 billion over two years to build a  high-speed wireless data network using WiMax technology in a  bid to capture new growth from emerging mobile services.
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Sprint Corp. is to acquire Nextel Communications Inc., title sponsor of the Breedersâ Cup Distaff (G1), in a $35-billion deal that will create the nationâs third-largest wireless telephone service provider