Sprint and T-Mobile may be forced to bid independently in next year’s spectrum incentive auction only to find themselves part of the same combined carrier shortly thereafter. A bidding joint venture… Read more »
Although it has yet to be officially announced, the proposed tie-up between Sprint and T-Mobile is likely to come before regulators in the near future. Approval of the merger might have… Read more »
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son continues to try to convince regulators and business leaders that a merger with T-Mobile would benefit U.S. consumers. For now, at least, we remain skeptical. But there are… Read more »
Signals from the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission are making Sprint(s s) and its SoftBank owners reconsider any possible bid for rival T-Mobile(s tmus), the Wall Street Journal… Read more »
Executives from Sprint have reportedly met with federal officials who’ve expressed skepticism a proposed acquisition of T-Mobile would gain approval of the U.S. government. Sprint will almost certainly move ahead with… Read more »
AT&T handles rejection well. Its marriage with T-Mobile failed, but it’s back on the acquisition hunt, this time targeting Cricket Communications’ parent Leap Wireless. This one stands a better chance than… Read more »
Sprint-SoftBank clears a big regulatory hurdle, but according to the WSJ, there are numerous national security strings attached, including a ban on Huawei gear from Sprint’s network. Read more »
Sprint is juggling its two competing buyout offers. It’s appointed a special committee to evaluate Dish’s proposal on one hand, but it’s not delaying its wedding date with SoftBank on the… Read more »
Softbank certainly has the money to counter Dish’s offer, but Dish has much more to offer than cash, namely valuable spectrum and a huge TV network. Read more »
Federal antitrust lawyers signaled they have no problems with T-Mobile USA’s pending tie-up with MetroPCS. It’s a good sign for the deal as the DOJ has been actively scrutinizing telecom deals… Read more »