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SoftBank sweetens its Sprint pitch, offers U.S. veto power over board member: Report
David Gura May 23, 2013
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Japan-based SoftBank will allow the U.S. government to pick a member of Sprint's board if the deal goes through.
What Dish buying Sprint Nextel means for your TV set
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 15, 2013
Dish Network wants to buy up Sprint Nextel for $25.5 billion. This play is all about the future of TV.
Dish TV Network bids for Sprint Nextel, sets sights on mobile
Scott Tong Apr 15, 2013
The Dish TV Network this morning is making a big bid to get into the mobile space. It wants to buy the country’s third largest cellphone carrier Sprint-Nextel for more than $25 billion.
Sprint's Clearwire acquisition could signal move towards data
Queena Kim Dec 17, 2012
To compete with AT&T and Verizon, which have about 70 percent of the market, Sprint needs more spectrum and Clearwire has it.
AT&T expands 'video bill' service
David Gura Dec 5, 2012
Video service aims to explain to customers where their money is going.
What's lost when phone service goes digital
Scott Tong Nov 8, 2012
AT&T is making a big investment in its digital network -- and signaling its original, and extremely reliable, copper-wire system is on the way out.
AT&T puts $14 billion toward expanding wireless
Dan Bobkoff Nov 9, 2012
AT&T announced this week it will invest $14 billion over the next three years to beef up its wireless and broadband services. The news is good for wireless customers, but could portend the demise of the old fashioned landline phone.
AT&T and T-Mobile combine service in storm zone
David Gura Nov 1, 2012
But is the move by the rival phone companies more about business than helping out?
Sprint Nextel to get a $20 billion lifeline
Jeff Tyler Oct 15, 2012
Softbank, Japan’s No. 3 mobile phone network, agrees to buy a majority stake in Sprint, in a bold bid to take on giants AT&T and Verizon.
Softbank to acquire Sprint, enter U.S. market
Amy Scott Oct 15, 2012
The Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank has reached a deal to buy 70 percent of U.S. wireless company Sprint Nextel. The $20 billion dollar deal is the largest-ever Japanese acquisition of a foreign company.
