Carlyle Considered Buying Out Sprint
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A year ago, just after its first anniversary as a combined company, Sprint Nextel appeared ripe for the picking.
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The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel announced Wednesday may make consumers jittery about rising prices in a consolidating industry, but experts say the remaining players will still wage a tough fight for every customer.
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Verizon (VZ:NYSE - news - research) reportedly is weighing a bid for Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) after Vodafone (VOD:NYSE - news - research), with which it jointly owns Verizon Wireless, signed off on the move.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - 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. 3 and  No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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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. (FON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , but has no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Sprint Corp.'s &#36;35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. could challenge Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless for supremacy in a ruthlessly competitive business where prices are constantly dropping.
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Merger challenges and dropped calls for consumers are taking a toll as Sprint aims to expand and upgrade.
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By DAVID TWIDDY    KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- Sprint Corp...
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Qwest Communications may not be immediately affected by a Sprint-Nextel merger, but its options could become more limited. At one time, Qwest and Sprint were viewed as possible merger partners.
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Well, it looks like things are getting a bit more interesting regarding the Sprint/Nextel deal. It seems that Vodafone, which owns 45% of Verizon Wireless in the US, is supporting a move by Verizon to potentially buy Sprint PCS.
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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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The proposed $35 billion merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications could mean changes for Kirkland-based Nextel Partners Inc.
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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 in its online edition on Wednesday.
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With shareholder concern mounting over the cost of building out its fourth generation WiMAX network, Sprint is reportedly looking for other options to fund the project, the WSJ reports.
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A Sprint-Nextel merger could be announced soon. Will a deal be bad news for consumers and investors? NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - And then there were four?
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WASHINGTON  - US mobile telephone groups Sprint and Nextel are engaged in merger talks which could create the third-biggest US mobile operator worth some 30 billion dollars, according to reports.