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Breaking down the possible Deutsche Telekom (DT) Sprint Takeover

The past year has been riddled with rumors of a possible takeover of Sprint by Deutsche Telekom, but after the latest set of rumors leaked Sunday Sprint’s stock price jumped 10% by the conclusion Monday’s trading. Given the significance of the rumors on the stock price it seems only fitting that we should breakdown this deal and what sort of motivation Deutsche Telekom has to get into bed with Sprint / Nextel. For starters let’s think about the situation in Britain where Vodafone was second in command, maintaining the 2nd most wireless subscribers. This will all change with last week’s announcement that Duetsche Telekom would tie-up T-mobile UK with Orange UK to create Britain’s top mobile service, knocking O2 into second place and Vodafone to third. Here in the U.S. we know that Verizon Wireless is a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone while Deutsche Telekom is the parent company of T-mobile USA. Read More →

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Will Deutsche Telekom make a bid for Sprint Nextel in the coming weeks?

Earlier this week the joint venture between Orange UK and T-mobile UK was announced but it seems that Deutsche Telekom has its eyes set on even bigger goals according to Telegraph. The company is apparently planning to place a bid on Sprint Nextel in the coming weeks. We’ve been hearing rumors that Deutsche Telekom might [...]

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Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom plan to merge T-Mobile UK and Orange UK to create a new mobile champion

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom today announce that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture company.
The new joint venture will create the UK’s leading mobile operator. It will have a combined mobile customer base of around 28.4 million, representing approximately 37 percent of [...]

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Sprint Clearwire Merger Update: iPCS injunction

The saga that is Sprint Nextel’s WiMax division is now one step closer to finalizing its merger with Clearwire now that an agreement has been reached with iPCS. iPCS of Schaumburg, Illinois had filed an injunction against the joint venture alleging that the new Clearwire would be violating a deal it has with Sprint Nextel [...]

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FCC Approval for Verizon’s Alltel Purchase Update

Federal regulators are signing off on Verizon Wireless’ planned $28 billion purchase of Alltel Corp. The deal will create the nation’s largest wireless carrier. With partial dissents by the two Democrats on the five-member panel, the Federal Communications Commission decided Tuesday to allow Verizon Wireless to move ahead with the deal for Alltel. Verizon is [...]

Rumor: T-mobile Deutsche Telekom to Buy Sprint

If the analysts are correct we could be embarking on a major change in the wireless industry with the acquisition of Sprint/Nextel by Deutsche Telekom (owners of T-mobile USA). T-mobile has been the top tier of customer service in the wireless industry for several years while Sprint/Nextel remains at the bottom of the wireless customer [...]

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Microsoft Yahoo Merger Still Warm?

It looks like the Microsoft Gods have cooked up something for the rumor mill this weekend with an internal email from Microsoft outlining some details of the eminent Yahoo/Microsoft merger (yahoosoft as we like to call it). Below is an excerpt from the internal document which was post on Yahoo News! of all places.
“We look [...]

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