Sprint, Nextel Agree To Merge
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The deal, valued at $35 billion, will create a large wireless service provider to compete with wireless rivals Cingular and Verizon.
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. have tentatively agreed to economic terms of a merger of equals that would create a third giant cellular carrier with nearly 39 million subscribers
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Sprint is near a deal to acquire Nextel Communications for more than $34 billion in a transaction that would lead to further consolidation in the rapidly changing telecommunications industry
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Sprint and Nextel Communications could announce a &#36;35 billion merger this week in a deal that would forge a third goliath in the quickly consolidating wireless industry.  The union would complete Sprint's transformation from perennial also-ran in the troubled long-distance business.
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NEW YORK 07:30 EST - It&#39;s official. Sprint and Nextel is becoming &quot;Sprint Nextel&quot; in what is being described this morning by both companies as a &quot;merger of equals.
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NEW YORK  -  When cellphone giants Sprint and Nextel merged in 2005, investors had a lot of hope for the combined company.
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As expected, Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications announced their &quot;merger of equals&quot; Wednesday--with Sprint as the slightly dominant partner--and revealed some unexpected details of the combine: Nextel&#39;s
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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 and Nextel formally announced a $35 billion merger agreement Wednesday and gave details on how the corporate combination would affect employees and consumers. -The Washington Post
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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 Corp. FON.N on Wednesday  agreed to buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications  Inc. NXTL.O in a deal worth $35.17 billion to gain more  business customers and more airwaves to transmit calls.
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The proposed merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. could face a rocky start as the companies work to run and eventually merge two wireless technologies without breaking the bank or losing customers.
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Faced with growing pressure to upgrade their networks and compete with larger rivals, Sprint and Nextel Communications are poised to join forces in a $35 billion takeover that will give the combined entity a value of around $70 billion.
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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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The freewheeling wireless industry, known for its upstarts and edgy competition, got a little more run-of-the-mill Wednesday when Sprint and Nextel Communications formally announced a merger
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Wireless telephone company Nextel Communications confirmed Wednesday it is being bought by rival Sprint in a cash and stock deal said to be worth more than $35-billion US.
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Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) and Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) have struck a tentative merger agreement, according to news reports.