Verizon, Nextel Make Spectrum Peace
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After months of vitriol, Verizon Wireless said it will drop its objections to Nextel&#39;s (Quote, Chart) controversial spectrum swap agreement with the federal government.
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Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of British telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC and Verizon Communications Inc., said late Thursday that it agreed to purchase all of NextWave Telecom Inc.
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. have tentatively agreed to economic terms of a merger of equals that would create a third giant cellular carrier with nearly 39 million subscribers
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Public-safety officials reacted happily to yesterdayâs announcement that Nextel and Verizon Wireless have settled their legal differences, which included Verizon dropping its objections to the FCCâs 800 MHz rebanding order, believing that the
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The Motley Fool - Arguably the longest running soap-opera drama in the wireless industry has announced its final episode: Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ - News) announced plans to acquire assets of a reorganized NextWave Telecom (Pink Sheets: NXLCQ.PK - News), owner of 23 valuable PCS spectrum licenses around the country.
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The FCC says a spectrum swap will ease the airwave static that Nextel's cell-phone traffic is causing. Others say Nextel should fix the problem. Who's right?
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No more tentative agreements--in what the two companies deem a &quot;merger of equals,&quot; Sprint and Nextel officially announced a definitive agreement to merge.
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* Sprint&#39;s strong wireless Internet service and Nextel&#39;s walkie- talkie feature popular among mobile professionals would be a competitive combination.
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The merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications, unveiled last week in a deal valued at more than $35 billion, is likely to spur deployment of broadband wireless services as three giant
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Verizon Communications Inc  and  Vodafone Group Plc  aim to develop a common technology  for their future mobile networks that would allow their cell  phone users to roam on each others' services.
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On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will auction off what industry observers call the "sweet spot" of the wireless spectrum -- the 700-MHz block formerly occupied by television broadcasters. Among the bidders are some 214 companies, including Verizon, AT&T and, most famously, Google.
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Verizon Wireless on Tuesday withdrew its opposition to a plan that would give Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) valuable new wireless airwaves
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Verizon Wireless said it would pay $3 billion in cash for the spectrum licenses owned by NextWave Telecom, a move that should expand coverage for new subscribers.
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Officials from Sprint and Nextel Communications today announced a definitive agreement to merge their two companies, creating the third-largest mobile phone company in the U.S.
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NEW YORK - Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless are settling their legal disputes, removing a key challenge to a federal decision to clear up interference between cell phones and emergency-response radios.
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AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Google and Chevron are among the applicants for next month's 700MHz spectrum auction.
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NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. have agreed to merge in a deal that would create the nationâs third largest wireless telephone provider.