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by Andrew Martonik
May 01, 2013
Trading of the combined company can be tracked by the "TMUS" ticker on the NYSE
After a standard delay when looking to combine companies of this size, the T-Mobile/MetroPCS reverse tak...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 30, 2013
A strange endorsement as Sprint contemplates accepting a higher bid from Dish
In a letter to chairman of the FCC Julius Genachowski, CEO of Intel Paul Otellini has expressed that he believe...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 19, 2013
Dish merger proposal currently before the Sprint board of directors for consideration
In a rather curious turn of events on April 15th, Dish made a buyout offer for Sprint of some $25.5 billion ...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 12, 2013
A very important piece of the T-Mobile/MetroPCS puzzle has fallen into place today: getting the approval of the Federal Communications Commission. Citing increase in competition and the consumer ben...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 25, 2013
Shareholders of MetroPCS are planning to hold a vote on March 28th to approve its previously-announced reverse merger with T-Mobile USA. The deal has been in the works for several months, and i...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 20, 2012
MetroPCS announced today that the U.S. DOJ (Department of Justice) has requested additional information from the company regarding its proposed merger with Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary, T-Mobil...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 16, 2012
According to a proxy statement filed with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) by MetroPCS, the merger with T-Mobile USA has been in talks much longer than first assumed. A deal with Deutsch...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 19, 2012
Sprint has finally confirmed that it will be taking a controlling stake in previous partner Clearwire. Now, even more interesting statements are coming out in regards to a possible bid for MetroPCS....
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 14, 2012
The U.S. wireless industry
Let’s be honest, the U.S. wireless industry is a tough market to break into, even for so-called “established” brands. Dozens of carriers have come...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 13, 2012
Now that Sprint is all but out of the picture when it comes to breaking up the reverse merger of T-Mobile by MetroPCS, the CFO of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile USA's parent company) is talking abou...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 10, 2012
Following the official announcement of a reverse takeover between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS, Sprint reportedly started setting up a counter offer to buy the company and break up the deal. Repor...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 04, 2012
Following yesterday's news that T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS would be officially commencing a reverse takeover (where the smaller company takes over the larger), we're hearing today that the de...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 02, 2012
Following a flurry of rumors, MetroPCS has come right out and confirmed that yes, they're talking with Deutsche Telekom about merging with T-Mobile USA, but nothing definitive has been reached. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 01, 2012
Motorola Mobility in its first-quarter earnings statement released today gave a brief update on the not-quite-complete acquisition by Google. The $12.5 billion deal has been approved by the U.S. and...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 08, 2012
Google's aquisition of Motorola Mobility is set to be approved by the U.S. Justice Department as early as next week, according to the Wall Street Journal and people "familiar with the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 19, 2011
That's it, folks. It's done. Kaput. Finished. First reported by The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press, AT&T has released a statement saying the deal is over.
“The ac...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
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The FCC chariman today recommended the $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile be sent for an official review by an administrative law judge. Federal Communica...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 17, 2011
Not that we ever really expected otherwise, but the shareholders of Motorola Mobility today approved the company's merger with Google. Motorola says 99 percent of the votes were in favor of the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 27, 2011
Motorola Mobility just announced its third-quarter 2011 earnings, dropping word that it shipped 4.8 million smartphones for the three months ending Sept. 30. It also said it shipped 100,000 Xoom Hon...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2011
Motorola this morning announced a special meeting Nov. 17 to vote on the merger agreement with Google -- that little deal announced in August. Maybe you heard of it. Stockholders have to be on the b...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 06, 2011
The battle of over the AT&T and T-Mobile continues today. Sprint has now filed a lawsuit against AT&T, hot on the heels of the U.S. Justice Department's own suit opposing the merger. AT...
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by n64kps
May 04, 2011
Electronic Arts Inc. will be adding Australian-based developer Firemint Pty Ltd. to its list of studios. Firemint, if you've been out of the mobile gaming loop lately, is the genius behind...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 28, 2011
From the better-late-than-never department, Sprint has issued a press release officially opposing the planned AT&T purchase of T-Mobile. There have been rumors of a Sprint/T-mobile merger fo...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 22, 2011
Earlier this week we heard about the acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T, which was shortly followed by a Q & A from T-Mobile. We appreciate T-Mobile providing so much information, as m...
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by Kyle Gibb
Mar 21, 2011
AT&T has gotten hammered over the years (well, really just since the iPhone 3G came out ...) due to a congested network. As such, it should be no surprise that AT&T can barely contain it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 21, 2011
So now that T-Mobile's hopped in bed with AT&T -- maybe you've heard about it -- what's that mean for you T-Mobile customers in the near-term? The quick and easy answer is not much. The...
