Verizon&#39;s Sprint Bid Faces Hurdles
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If the deal were completed, it would vault Verizon Wireless -- currently the No. 2 wireless company in the US -- into the top position with more than 65 million customers.
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NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless, the hulking champ of the cellular world, is about to meet a new contender. Any day now, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to recommend the approval of Cingular
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Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in talks to offer cell-phone service over Sprint Corp.&#39;s (FON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) network on a trial basis
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Reports that Sprint Corp. may be close to a $36 billion takeover of Nextel Communications Inc. yesterday alarmed consumer advocates, who predicted it would
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Time Warner Inc.&#39;s cable-television unit is in talks to offer wireless service with Sprint Corp. to fend off competition from satellite-TV and telephone companies that sell package deals.
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Verizon Communications has gained the backing of partner Vodafone Group to bid for Sprint Corp in a move that could thwart Sprint&#39;s potential $35 billion bid for Nextel Communications, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Sprint Nextel Corp. is exploring new  options for funding its wireless broadband network to soothe  investor concerns about the cost, The Wall Street Journal  reported on Thursday.
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Verizon Communications Inc. has eyed a potential acquisition of Sprint Corp. , but has no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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A possible merger of Nextel Communications, the fifth-ranked wireless carrier in the US, and Sprint, the third-largest, may be winning strategy, given the ferocious competition in the telecommunications industry.
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The misinformation and confusion over whether or not the US mobile phone company Verizon Wireless, part owned by Vodafone, is going to muscle in on the $35bn (Â£18bn) merger of rivals Sprint and Nextel continued yesterday with hedge funds playing both
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Shares of Sprint Corp. FON.N rose  5.4 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the Wall Street  Journal reported that Verizon Communications VZ.N has gained  the backing of partner Vodafone Group VOD.L to bid for  Sprint.
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The purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless of Redmond by Cingular Wireless is just a few weeks old, but already the merged company is under attack from its biggest rival, Verizon Wireless, which is trying
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Verizon Communications Inc. has  eyed a potential acquisition of Sprint Corp. FON.N, but has  no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday.
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Sprint&#39;s negotiations to buy Nextel have ignited fears that Motorola will lose its exclusive deal to supply phones and equipment to Nextel.
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Mobile phone firms face a series of hurdles if they want to get their customers using their funky new handsets.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Vodafone has given Verizon Wireless the green-light to make a bid to buy Sprint. &quot;Verizon Communications Inc.
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After Sprint hinted that it was thinking about introducing a cellphone plan with unlimited minutes, Verizon beat it to the punch.