SBC to Buy AT&T for $16 Billion
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N said  on Monday it would buy AT&T Corp. T.N for about $16 billion,  making SBC the largest U.S. telecommunications company and  ending the independence of the world's best known telephone  company.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on Monday approved Cingular Wireless' plan to acquire rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for &#36;41 billion in cash, creating the nation's biggest wireless carrier.
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SBC said it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft&#39;s TV internet protocol television edition software platform.
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SAN ANTONIO --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 20, 2004 -- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today announced a five-year, approximately $1.
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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SBC sees opportunity in buying AT&T -- a company with declining growth.
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Rogers Communications Inc. said Monday it had reached a tentative deal to buy AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.&#39;s 34 percent stake in Rogers Wireless Communications in a deal worth C$1.
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SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, &#36;400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV Internet protocol television edition software platform.
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US phone company SBC  Communications agrees to buy its former parent AT&T for about $16bn (Â£8.5bn).
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Change is coming for AT&T Wireless's 21.7 million customers -- although they wouldn't know it from watching the company's commercials or shopping in its stores. The cell phone provider is expected to complete its $41 billion merger with Cingular Wireless within weeks.  -The Washington Post
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The $41 billion merger between Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc. won approval from the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, according to federal sources close to
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N, the  second-largest U.S. regional phone company, is in talks to buy  AT&T Corp. T.N for more than $16 billion, The New York Times  reported on Thursday, citing executives close to the  negotiations.
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SBC Communications, the No. 2 US telecommunications company, has agreed to pay $400 million to Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Cingular Wireless LLC announced Tuesday that it completed a $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's largest wireless carrier, following approval from two U.S. government agencies.
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SAN ANTONIO -- SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp.
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U.S. regulators are set to give  Cingular Wireless final approval for its $41 billion purchase  of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AWE.N on Monday, on condition  that it sells assets including wireless airwaves in more than  16 markets, according to a source close to the deal.
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The boards of directors of SBC Communications Inc.  and AT&T Corp.  were to meet on Sunday to vote on a more than &#36;15 billion stock deal in which SBC will buy AT&T, according to sources familiar with the situation.