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Peter Adderton, the founder of Boost Mobile, wants to buy the wireless service back and keep current owner Dish Network (DISH) from merging it with Conx (CONX), the blank-check company [...]

Merging two companies 'is not a journey for the faint of heart,' according to Sandra Price, Sprint Nextel Corp.'s senior vice president of human resources. Price speaks from personal experience. [...]

A detailed analysis of the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications is presented. The implications of this merger on employee layoffs, on the corporate community of the Kansas State and benefits to both the communities are also discussed.

Peru was at the center of Latin AmericaÇÖs M&A markets in March and April, amid a quieter than expected start to the year. Latin America-targeted M&A volume was $18.2 billion [...]

Byline: Kevin Fitchard Sprint is hailing the FCC's lenience toward Sprint over vacating its Nextel spectrum as an opportunity to rejuvenate its iDen network. Given 18 months to retune the [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp is considering a sale of the Nextel wireless network it bought in 2005, but may have trouble finding a buyer for an asset […]

Sprint's Nextel unit could return to its public safety spectrum roots if a proposal being considered by Sprint management is approved. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, […]

The shake-up at Sprint is beginning. Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said last night he's leaving the ailing operator after working with the company for eight years. Sprint has reported [...]

Sprint continued to rack up new customers in the first quarter, but its recent acquisition of Nextel took a toll on the combined carrier's bottom line. Sprint added 1.3 million [...]

Byline: Kevin Fitchard There's a downside to mergers, and Sprint is learning that lesson the hard way. Since acquiring Nextel last year, the carrier has shelled out almost half of [...]

Sprint is continuing its coerced buying spree in the wake of its merger with Nextel. It announced today it is buying its fifth PCS affiliate, UbiquiTel, to stave off a [...]

Sprint Nextel Corp. has put a positive spin on its Sept. 1 merger with Nextel in a premium-driven campaign targeting current business-to-business customers. Sprint orchestrated a series of mailings to [...]

Sprint today said it has recalculated the value of its acquisition of Nextel Communications and is now estimating that the combined companies will enjoy a $14.5 billion in savings over [...]

Byline: K.J.B. Last year, BtoB featured Nextel.com in its annual '10 great Web sites'' feature, highlighting the way the site helps its customers get right down to business. Since then, [...]

Motorola was among the shareholders that reaped the benefits of Sprint acquisition of Nextel, gaining 69.3 million shares of the new company and $46.3 million in cash from the deal, [...]

Sprint and Nextel Communications completed their merger transaction Aug. 12, forming Sprint Nextel Corp. The deal, which brings together the two wireless giants with combined 2004 revenues of $40.8 billion, [...]

Sprint and Nextel Communications said today they will culminate their $36 billion merger deal on Friday, Aug. 12, now that all regulatory and internal hurdles have been overcome. The new [...]

FCC commissioners yesterday granted regulatory approval to the merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications to form the third-largest nationwide wireless carrier. With the approval, all spectrum licenses held by Nextel [...]

Sprint chairman and CEO Gary Forsee, in his company's second quarter eanrnings call Wednesday, said he still expects Sprint's pending merger with Nextel Communications to close during the current quarter, [...]

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP)--Sprint Corp., which has agreed to purchase the wireless carrier Nextel Communications Inc., said Wednesday its second quarter earnings more than doubled as its wireless business continued […]

Shareholders for both Sprint and Nextel Communications yesterday approved the proposed merger that will create the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States. More than 70% of Nextel's shareholders voted [...]

At their annual meetings yesterday, Sprint and Nextel Communications shareholders overwhelmingly threw their support behind the two companies pending acquisition. At least 96% of Sprint shareholders backed their companies $36 [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters)--Shareholders of Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint on Wednesday approved Sprint's plan to buy Nextel for about $36.9 billion, creating a company with about a quarter of U.S. […]

Sprint today surmounted an obstacle to its merger with Nextel Communications, announcing it would purchase the Louisiana wireless affiliate seeking to block the $36 billion deal. Sprint announced it would [...]

Sprint announced Monday that it plans to acquire its mobile phone affiliate, US Unwired, for $1.3 billion. In addition to expanding Sprint's direct mobile service by some 500,000 subscribers, the […]

NEW YORK -- Sprint and Nextel Communica-tions have chosen Sprint to be the 'master brand' name for the soon-to-be-merged companies, the firms said today. The companies also unveiled a new [...]

The battle for dominance of the nation's largest and most lucrative cell phone market is entering a volatile new phase. A series of mergers has left just three major local [...]

In the wake of the resolution of Nextel Communications' spectrum problems, the firm's next challenge will be to merge its spectrum hodge-podge into Sprint Corp.'s spectrum. Sprint is in the […]

An improving wireless business and a pending merger with Nextel make Sprint (FON) an attractive buy, according to analysts at Thomas Weisel Partners. Analysts upgraded the stock to 'outperform' from [...]

Symantec: In a monster deal few saw coming, the security leader buys Veritas to create a data-protection powerhouse. Oracle: Larry Ellison & Co. win the takeover battle as Oracle acquires […]

Sprint Corp's decision to acquire Nextel for $36 billion shows that consolidation among service providers is likely to be a key issue again this year as the industry struggles to [...]

Sprint Inc. remains at the center of a roiling cell-phone industry this week, as one of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy and reports leaked out of a possible IPO by […]

NASCAR fans and competitors probably won't see any immediate major changes from the impending merger of telecom giants Sprint and Nextel. The $35 billion deal-likely to be completed by midsummer-will […]

BOSTON -- Sprint today said it would acquire Nextel in a deal valued at $35 billion, creating the world's third-largest wireless phone provider behind Cingular and Verizon. The resulting company [...]