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		<title>If Sprint ever wants to buy T-Mobile, one of them is going to have to fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every quarter, T-Mobile refuted Sprint's basic argument for the merger by performing so well. Mobile industry analyst Chetan Sharma believes the two carriers will get together, but not while T-Mobile is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Hesse era at Sprint was a 7-year struggle with Nextel and bad network decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[History isn't going to judge Dan Hesse's tenure kindly, but many of the problems Hesse faced weren't of his own making. And instead of fixing Sprint's cultural flaws when he took&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sprint makes it official: Marcelo Claure will replace Dan Hesse as CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brightstar founder and CEO will take over Sprint on August 11. The leadership shakeup spells the end of the tumultuous Hesse era at Sprint, but it could be an equally&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T’s hard sell on DirecTV: A new type of broadband network</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its FCC filings, AT&#38;T says it will connect 13 million additional homes to a tolerable broadband connection with new wireless local loop technologies. It's failed at this in the past,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Sprint/T-Mobile tie-up will probably be rejected. But if it&#8217;s approved&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Why you shouldn’t buy the miracle broadband network Softbank&#8217;s Masayoshi Son is selling</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/30/why-you-shouldnt-buy-the-miracle-broadband-network-softbanks-masayoshi-son-is-selling/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/30/why-you-shouldnt-buy-the-miracle-broadband-network-softbanks-masayoshi-son-is-selling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sprint's new chairman claims merging Sprint and T-Mobile would allow him to challenge wireline ISPs. Today Sprint would charge a committed Netflix user $10,000 a month for broadband service. Son's got&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Softbank’s Son targets both AT&amp;T and Comcast in push for Sprint/T-Mobile merger</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/28/softbanks-son-targets-both-att-and-comcast-in-push-for-sprintt-mobile-merger/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/05/28/softbanks-son-targets-both-att-and-comcast-in-push-for-sprintt-mobile-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 20:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Krazit]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sprint and T-Mobile are probably going to join forces at some point down the road. If that happens, Softbank's Masayoshi Son thinks that his new acquisition and T-Mobile won't just compete&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Why Sprint and T-Mobile still believe a merger will happen</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/03/why-sprint-and-t-mobile-still-believe-theyll-merge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>SoftBank&#8217;s investment in Sprint may have been a bad bet on consolidation</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/03/softbanks-investment-in-sprint-may-have-been-a-bad-bet-on-consolidation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son is stepping up his efforts to convince U.S. businesses and regulators that a tie-up between Sprint and T-Mobile would ultimately benefit consumers. But if SoftBank's investment in Sprint was&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Sprint-T-Mobile merger may not be in the stars</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/10/a-sprint-t-mobile-merger-may-not-be-in-the-stars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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