Sprint, Nextel Make Connection
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Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people ) and Nextel Communications (nasdaq: NXTL - news - people ) said this morning that their boards have unanimously approved a &quot;merger of equals.
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Executives from SprintÂ and Nextel CommunicationsÂ took to a stage at the St. Regis Hotel in New York Wednesday to announce a definitive agreement to merge their two companies and create the third largest mobile phone company in the U.S.
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Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with the Sprint Corporation, according to executives involved in the negotiations.
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NEW YORK - Just two months after the announcement that Cingular Wireless will acquire AT&amp;T Wireless, Sprint has announced that it plans to buy Nextel Communications for $35 billion.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. is close to  an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than $36  billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and  No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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Dec. 11--A marriage of Nextel Communications and Sprint could mean significant change for Kirkland-based Nextel Partners as well. Sprint and Nextel Communications are reportedly close to a deal that would create the third-largest US wireless carrier.
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Customers of Sprint and SBC Communications will be able to use both companies&#39; wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday.
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(InfoWorld) - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have entered an agreement to jointly build the first nationwide WiMax network in the U.S., the two companies announced Thursday. The vendors will work together on the WiMax network and expect to offer service to a broad range of users, including the U.S. government, public safety agencies, businesses, and consumers, they said. The two companies plan to reach 100 million U.S customers by the end of 2008, said Gary Forsee, Sprint Nextel chairman and CEO, during a press conference. The WiMax network, which will be marketed under a common brand, will compete with and compliment existing broadband services, he said. The deal "will fundamentally change the communications landscape in this country," added Ben Wolff, Clearwire CEO. "By working together, a nationwide network becomes possible." Sprint Nextel will build out about 65 percent of the network, and Clearwire will build out the remaining 35 percent, the companies said. The agreement still needs to be finalized, and it will be subject to regulatory approval by the U.S. Department of Justice and spectrum transfers from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Sprint Nextel will focus on geographic areas covering approximately 185 million people, including 75 percent of the people located in the 50 largest U.S. markets, while Clearwire will concentrate on areas covering approximately 115 million people. A year ago, Sprint Nextel announced its plans for a nationwide WiMax network. The partnership with Clearwire allows Sprint Nextel to invest less money to create a nationwide network, Forsee said. The agreement will also allow the two companies to provide customers with "more breadth and depth of support," he added. The partners said the wireless network will provide broadband-speed Internet access to customers. The agreement will enable "seamless" roaming across the network, Forsee said. WiMax is designed to operate more than five times faster than current third-generation wireless networks. The arrangement will allow the exchange of spectrum between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to enable each company to build out its portion of the network and to enhance service in its buildout territory, the companies said. Clearwire will be able to use some of Sprint Nextel's wireless infrastructure. The initial term of the arrangement is 20 years, with three 10-year renewal periods.
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Sprint Corp.&#39;s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. might result in more jobs in the company&#39;s local telephone service segment.
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Customers of Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will be able to use both companies&#39; wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday.
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For the past two years, Sprint Nextel has been trying to reroute its cellphone signals to avoid causing static on emergency radios used at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The wireless carrier and Maryland officials dispute who should pay for some of the costs.
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Today Sprint and Nextel Communications announced that their respective boards of directors have approved a merger agreement. The new entity, to be named Sprint Nextel, plans to spin off the existing Sprint land line business after the merger is completed.
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Sprint and Nextel announced plans to merge Wednesday, creating a new wireless phone power with about 35 million customers, enough to make it No.
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Sprint Corp. on Wednesday agreed to  buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. in a  deal worth $36.3 billion to gain more business customers and  more airwaves to transmit calls.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Customers of Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will be able to use both companies&#39; wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday.
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Nextel Communications and Sprint are negotiating a possible merger, according to a source familiar with the discussions. It was not clear how far the talks had progressed, and
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Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire  Corp  plan to connect their WiMax high-speed wireless  services to allow customers to move between their networks  thereby boosting demand for the technology and cutting costs.