SBC agrees to buy AT&T for $16bn
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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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Telecom Italia's board approves a 20bn euros buyout of the 44% stake it does not already own of its mobile unit TIM.
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SBC sees opportunity in buying AT&T -- a company with declining growth.
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Cingular Wireless (Profile, Products, Articles) LLC announced Tuesday that it completed a $41 billion acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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U.S. telecommunications company AT&T Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless carrier Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash to expand its reach in rural and suburban markets.
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PARIS, October 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SBC Communications announced today that it has selected Alcatel (PARIS: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) as its primary network infrastructure and services supplier in a deal that is estimated to be worth USD 1.7 billion
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Rogers Communications Inc. said Monday it will pay $1.77 billion in cash for the 34 per cent stake in cellphone subsidiary Rogers Wireless owned by longtime US partner AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Telecom Italia is to borrow another â¬12bn ($16bn) to fund a cash and shares deal worth more than â¬20bn for the 44 per cent of its mobile arm that it does not own.
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The boards of directors of SBC Communications Inc.  and AT&T Corp.  met on Sunday afternoon to vote on a more than &#36;15 billion stock deal in which SBC will acquire AT&T, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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SAN ANTONIO, June 29 -- AT&T, the nation's largest wireless carrier, agreed Friday to acquire Dobson Communications, a rural wireless provider, for $5.1 billion in cash and debt.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N on  Monday said it would buy AT&T Corp. T.N for about $16  billion, making SBC the largest U.S. telecommunications company  and ending AT&T's independence after suffering a two-decade  decline after losing its U.S. monopoly.
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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. to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV Internet protocol television edition software platform.
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SBC Communications Inc. (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) filed on Monday to sell up to $15.5 billion of debt and stock, mainly to fund the purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless Services
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SBC Communications Inc., the No. 2  U.S. telecommunications company, is in talks to acquire AT&T  Corp. for more than $15 billion to bolster its business with  large corporations, sources familiar with the talks said on  Thursday.
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The Federal Communications Commission gave its approval Tuesday to Cingular Wireless LLC's &#36;41 billion acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc., completing the federal regulatory blessing necessary for creation of the country's largest cellphone company.