Nextel Communications Purchases 5.6 Million Nextel Partners Shares
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KIRKLAND, Wash. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 27, 2004 -- Nextel Communications, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Motorola, Inc.
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Verizon Wireless is adding to its considerable spectrum holdings with the proposed acquisition of airwaves owned by NextWave Telecom. Under terms of the agreement, Verizon will pay US&#36;3 billion for NextWave's PCS spectrum licenses in 23 U.S. markets.
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Yahoo! Inc. is going mobile on Nextel Communication Inc. handheld devices. A new partnership between the companies puts Yahoo! e-mail, instant messaging, games, news and more in Nextelâs products.
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Nextel Communications Inc. yesterday gave final approval to a deal that gives it control over valuable new airwaves, ending a years-long lobbying battle among interest groups over how to reduce cell phone interference with police and fire radio systems.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. FON.N on  Wednesday said it will 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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NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. is buying Nextel Communications Inc. in a $35-billion US deal that will create the third-largest wireless phone company in the US.
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Alltel Corp., the sixth biggest U.S. cellular carrier, has agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp., a Northwest regional carrier which owns the Cellular One brand, for about $4.4 billion in cash and stock.
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Shares of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. jumped Thursday following reports the two telephone companies were discussing a merger.
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Regional US telecommunications group Alltel announced it had agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp. for about six billion dollars in cash and stock.
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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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Nextel Communications to supply U.S.-based U.S. Navy personnel with cell phones, voice minutes and wireless data plans.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - 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. 3  and No. 5 U.S. wireless service carriers, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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Verizon Communications Inc. on  Monday said it would buy long-distance telephone company MCI  Communications Inc. in a deal worth $6.75 billion, giving  Verizon a foothold in the market for serving large  corporations.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. Dec 15, 2004 - Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. said Wednesday that their boards have unanimously approved a &quot;merger of equals&quot; transaction, in which each company&#39;s shareholders
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Sprint agreed on Wednesday to buy Nextel Communications for about $35 billion, doubling its customers and bolstering its No. 3 position in the US wireless industry.
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Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the sixth largest US mobile company on Friday said its third-quarter profit rose amid strong customer growth.
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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.