Sprint to buy Nextel in $35B deal
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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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Sprint and Nextel agree to merge in a deal which will create the third largest mobile phone operator in the US.
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The proposed $35 billion merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. would have little immediate effect on current customers of either company.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - Sprint Corp. FON.N said  on Wednesday it would buy mobile telephone company Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O for about $36 billion, creating a  U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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Round two of US wireless industry consolidation is officially under way, with Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.making the much anticipated announcement that they have agreed to a $35 billion merger Wednesday, Dec.
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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 and Nextel announced plans to merge Wednesday, creating a new wireless phone power with about 35 million customers, enough to make it No.
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. may soon be expected to join their efforts in the mobile phone industry merging to create a company with 33 million customers and joined market value of about $35 billion.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications formally announced a merger that will create a formidable No. 3 carrier with 35.4 million subscribers.
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NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. have agreed to merge in a deal that would create the nationâs third largest wireless telephone provider.
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Sprint Corp.'s &#36;35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. could challenge Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless for supremacy in a ruthlessly competitive business where prices are constantly dropping.
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. customers are likely to see lower prices and better coverage as a result of the companies&#39; planned $35 billion merger.
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Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No.
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Sprint and Nextel announced plans for a $36 billion merger Wednesday, creating a new major wireless phone power with a customer base to challenge its two larger rivals.
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Sprint is close to an agreement to buy Nextel for more than $35 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. is close to  an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $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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Telecommunications giant Sprint Corp. is acquiring Nextel Communications Inc. in a &#36;35 billion deal that would create the nation's third largest wireless telephone service provider.