Urge to Merge Could Hit Small Cellphone Companies
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With some of the biggest cellular phone companies merging, investors are turning their attention to the smaller cellphone companies that dot rural and suburban America.
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The imminent deal underscores how rapidly wireless is displacing the traditional land-line phone business. If the merger goes through, Sprint plans to sell off its local-phone business, which
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Cell phone shoppers looking for new deals and features didn't find them Thursday, a day after the phone companies announced a merger that they promised would shake up the wireless business. -The Washington Post
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On the surface, the frenzy of telecommunications mergers in the past few weeks raises relatively clear-cut questions for lawmakers and regulators who will be weighing the deals: Will consumers and businesses be harmed if long-distance choices disappear when AT&T and MCI are swallowed by telephone giants SBC and Verizon?
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The proposed $35 billion merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications could mean changes for Kirkland-based Nextel Partners Inc.
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Nextel and Sprint are in talks that could lead to a merger between the two mobile phone operators, sources close to the discussions said on Thursday.
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Struggling electronics firm considers breaking itself up in a move that could reshape the mobiles industry
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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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The once-certain merger process between the largest US telephone company, AT&T Inc., and former "baby Bell" and regional telephone carrier BellSouth, could perhaps be delayed further on account of a curious federal district judge. His hearings into why the AT&T/SBC and Verizon/MCI mergers were expedited by the Justice Dept. could raise skepticism about the viability of AT&T/BellSouth.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications could unveil their $36 billion merger within a few days, but speculation has intensified about the emergence of a rival bid.
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Some area wireless customers may soon experience clearer service farther away from town, as well as new equipment options, now that a landmark merger has been completed.
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Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move?
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LONDON - US cellular operators Sprint and Nextel have confirmed they are planning a $35 billion merger to create the third largest mobile carrier with almost 40m subscribers, behind Cingular, the market leader, and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture
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Executives told The New York Times the two companies may be set to merge.
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Merger challenges and dropped calls for consumers are taking a toll as Sprint aims to expand and upgrade.
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Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works.
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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