Verizon to enter wireless consolidation fray?
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Verizon Communications Inc. may be getting into the wireless consolidation game with published reports indicating that the telecommunications provider, which controls 55 percent of No.
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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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Mere weeks after the closing of a massive $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless (owned jointly by SBC Communications and BellSouth) and rival AT&amp;T Wireless, the wireless industry is hot with rumors of the next major deal.
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Sprint - the US&#39;s third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a market value of around $70bn.
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BusinessWeek Online - In the world of big-time telecom, the Baby Bells have been hogging the spotlight as they bulk up to compete against an onslaught of new technology -- and their arch-rivals, the cable companies. For competitors hovering outside the Bells' territory, that sends a stark message: Team up or get smashed. Sprint Corp.  and Nextel Communications Inc.  chose the former, announcing on Dec. 15 a &#36;35 billion deal to merge into the third-largest wireless powerhouse. With a market capitalization of &#36;70 billion, the new Reston (Va. ...
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Sprint (FON) and Nextel (NXTL) are in discussions to merge, with an eye to creating a wireless giant that could rival Cingular and Verizon Wireless in size and scope, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks.
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. may soon be expected to join their efforts in the mobile phone industry merging to create a company with 33 million customers and joined market value of about $35 billion.
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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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Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile are expected to be the most aggressive bidders for U.S. wireless airwaves in a January auction that analysts say could give them added resources to expand and improve service.
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Verizon Wireless said it has reached a deal to buy all of NextWave&#39;s remaining spectrum licenses for US$3 billion in cash, just the latest instance of consolidation in the wireless industry
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Nextel is reportedly in advanced merger talks with Sprint, a deal that would form the third largest US cell phone company. However, there were indications a third player, Verizon Wireless, might make a run
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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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Merger talks between wireless carriers Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. aren&#39;t sounding very jolly to one equipment supplier: Motorola Inc.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. is close to  an agreement 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 telephone companies, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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The size of the Cingular/AT&amp;T Wireless merger could present integration challenges as AT&amp;T Wireless customers migrate to new calling plans and new equipment.
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  has no imminent plans to bid for Sprint Corp. FON.N, people  familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, lifting a  potential obstacle to Sprint's bid for Nextel Communications  Inc. NXTL.O.
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Here are answers to some questions arising from the closing of Cingular Wireless&#39; acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless. Q: With the merger, how will the combined company rank in the industry?