MetroPCS Offers to Buy Leap Wireless
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The wireless service provider offered more than $5 billion in stock for rival Leap.
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The company signs on an Indian cellular provider, looking to capitalize on the country's fast-growing wireless market.
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MetroPCS Communications Inc made an unsolicited offer on Tuesday to buy smaller rival Leap Wireless International Inc for about $5.5 billion in stock, seeking to fend off competition from larger U.S. mobile service providers.
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Leap Wireless International Inc.   said on Sunday its board of directors had rejected an  unsolicited bid from larger rival MetroPCS Communications Inc.  .
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Cell phone chip maker Qualcomm said on Tuesday it has purchased United Kingdom-based wireless developer Trigenix, in part to bolster Qualcomm&#39;s stake in the European cell phone market.
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America&#39;s third-largest mobile operator, Sprint, yesterday agreed to buy the fifth-largest, Nextel, in a well-flagged cash and shares deal worth $36.3billion (Â£19billion).
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Sprint and Nextel, two of the top five US mobile phone carriers, are negotiating a merger, say people close to the proposed deal. The combined company would be worth about $70bn.
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Shares of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. rose after reports that the US mobile-phone companies are in merger talks. The combined company would be worth about $70 billion, financial
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Wireless phone provider Leap Wireless International Inc. said Sunday that it is rejecting an unsolicited buyout offer from MetroPCS Communications Inc.
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The prepaid cellphone service provider said Sunday that its board had rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from MetroPCS.
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Alltel Corp.'s proposed $24.7 billion acquisition by private- equity firms may lead to the sale of other mobile-phone providers that serve rural areas.  Dobson Communications Corp., Centennial Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp. and United States Cellular Corp.
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The government of Singapore and Telekom Malaysia Bhd agreed to buy a 48 percent stake in India&#39;s Idea Cellular from three companies for US$390 million to tap into India&#39;s wireless market.
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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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AirTran Holdings Inc.  said on  Wednesday it had offered to buy rival Midwest Air Group Inc.  .
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(InfoWorld) - Qualcomm is making two acquisitions of Bluetooth and WLAN (wireless LAN) chip technologies, allowing it to further the integration of wireless networking capabilities in mobile phones. The company will buy Airgo Networks, which develops WLAN technologies used in access points and laptop computers, and it will buy most of the Bluetooth technology assets of RF Micro Devices. The acquisitions, announced Sunday, will allow Qualcomm to integrate the wireless technologies more tightly with chip sets that it sells to mobile phone makers. This should make it easier for phone makers to develop compact products with built-in Bluetooth and WLAN capabilities. Bluetooth allows phones to send data over short distances, connecting to a wireless headset or laptop computer, for example. Adding a WLAN connection to a phone allows it to connect to a LAN to use VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and other services. The acquisitions will put Qualcomm in closer competition with other makers of wireless networking chips, including Intel and Broadcom. It could also bring Qualcomm new technology patents that would strengthen its hand in legal disputes. The company is in the midst of several patent disputes, including one with Broadcom that concerns Bluetooth technologies. Airgo, of Palo Alto, California, develops WLAN technologies based on IEEE 802.11a, b and g, as well as the proposed 802.11n standard. Qualcomm plans to integrate the technologies into its Mobile Station Modem and Snapdragon chip sets. It will also keep supporting Airgo's current WLAN business, it said. In the case of RF Micro, Qualcomm is buying its Bluetooth division in San Diego, which develops technologies for handsets and headsets. RF Micro is retaining other Bluetooth products, including its SiW3000 and SiW3500 system-on-chip families. It said the sale will allow it to focus on its higher-growth areas, including cellular transceivers and GPS components. RF Micro, which has headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, said Qualcomm is paying $39 million for its technologies. Qualcomm didn't disclose the value of the Airgo deal, but it said the acquisitions combined would reduce its earnings for the current fiscal year by about $0.04 per share. It expects to close both deals by the end of December.
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MetroPCS Communications Inc made an unsolicited offer on Tuesday to buy smaller rival Leap Wireless International Inc for more than $5 billion in stock, seeking to create a national U.S. wireless service provider.
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A new licensing deal with Trimble could assist in Qualcomm negotiations.