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Articles tagged with: Alltel and CDMA
Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, eu, wcdma, ict, metropcs, sprint-nextel, lte, verizon-wireless, verizon, anti-trust, u.s.-cellular, sprint, gsm, USA
Acquisitions Boosting US Companies' Growth Rates
The acquisitions of Dobson, Rural and Suncom have served to boost the number of net additions over the past twelve months at AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile respectively. AT&T already has Centennial in its sights for 2009, while VerizonÃ's acquisition of alltel is set for closure imminently. As yet, T- Mobile has announced no riposte and in fact, it is difficult to see that there is a meaningful acquisition it could make, unless it wants to enter the murky world of CDMA which it has shown no inclination to do so far. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, rural, metropcs, leap-wireless, wind, mts, verizon, USA
Sprint Nextel Confirms "Significant Interest" in Sale of Nextel Division
Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it has received "significant interest" from companies interested in acquiring its Nextel iDEN division - but warned that it doubts any bidder would be able to raise the funds in the current economic climate. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, wimax, clearwire, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, verizon, iden, sprint, nextel, dan-hesse, telekom, USA
Private Equity Firms Interested in Buying Sprint Nextel's iDEN Network
Sprint Nextel is attracting interest from private equity firms who are reported to be interested in taking control of the company's iDEN network. The company has confirmed that it would consider a sale, but that no specific activity is currently being carried out. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, wimax, sprint-nextel, iden, tim, sprint, nextel, telekom, USA
US Mobile Market Remains Slow as Economic Concerns Mount
During Q2 08, the US mobile market saw a marginal recovery from the depressed levels of Q1, with around 4m net additions, taking the total to 261.5m, up from 243.3m one year ago. Overall penetration has now reached 86.1%, against 80.8% in June 07. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, mobile-data, arpu, t-mobile-usa, rural, metropcs, leap-wireless, virgin-mobile, mvno, verizon, iden, sprint, billing, USA