Brooklyn and the Bronx will get Sprint’s new LTE service next week, but the other three boroughs will have to wait. Sprint is now playing catchup to all three of its… Read more »
The mobile industry saw some important consolidation unfold in the second quarter as the lesser tier-one carriers made some strong alliances: Sprint agreed to be acquired by Japan’s SoftBank and began… Read more »
It’s finally over. SoftBank announced Wednesday it has officially closed its majority acquisition of Sprint. Sprint now emerges as an invigorated operator with $5 billion to play with. Read more »
The final tally was 82 percent in favor of being subsumed by Sprint and SoftBank. The three-way deal should be wrapped up and final by Wednesday, July 10. Read more »
If Clearwire shareholders give the thumbs up on Monday, Sprint and SoftBank are home free. They could have this merger wrapped up in a matter of a weeks. Read more »
Not many tech startups come out of Belgium, but Accelleran has assembled a team of Technicolor veterans to build a small cell for the lesser known version of 4G: time division-LTE. Read more »
Dish set its sights on two big carrier M&A deals, but now it appears to be leaving with nothing. It’s withdrawn its bids for both Clearwire and Sprint. Read more »
Dish Network last week gave up on trying to acquire Sprint, and its prospects for buying Clearwire don’t look good. But T-Mobile now has the iPhone, and as it prepares to… Read more »
Sprint-SoftBank is home free. With a 98 percent shareholder vote in its favor, Sprint now faces only the FCC’s public interest review. That should be a piece of cake. Read more »
The battle over Clearwire is getting more intense. Sprint has outbid Dish, and the Clearwire board is once again backing Sprint’s takeover attempt. Now the ball’s in Dish’s court. Read more »