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Softbank sweetens offer for Sprint by $1.5B
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A month after being challenged by a rival to raise its bid for Sprint Nextel, Japan’s Softbank did just that, by $1.5 billion. That brings Softbank’s […]
Sprint posts $1.3B 4Q loss, revenue rises
NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp., the country’s third largest wireless carrier, on Thursday said it lost $1.3 billion in its fourth quarter, about the same as a year ago, […]
T-Mobile USA to merge with MetroPCS
T-Mobile and MetroPCS have agreed to combine their struggling cellphone businesses in a deal aimed at letting them compete better with their three larger rivals. The combined company will use […]
Sprint-Nextel sued for N.Y. taxes
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing Sprint-Nextel Corp., claiming it under-collected and underpaid $100 million in sales taxes to keep prices down. The lawsuit is […]
T-Mobile USA to make data network work with iPhone
NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA on Thursday said it will revamp its wireless data network this year, with the side effect of making it compatible with iPhones and some […]
T-Mobile asks FCC to block Verizon-cable deal
NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon‘s planned […]
Court OKs immunity for telecoms in wiretap case
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has ruled as constitutional a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. Thursday’s […]
Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit […]
Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service
NEW YORK — Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to […]
