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Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, has urged government officials to block AT&T Inc.'s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG. This move comes as two other major economic stories emerged, with disposable income falling due to increased
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China Mobile Ltd. has selected equipment suppliers for its TD-LTE experimental network construction in six major cities across China. The companies chosen to help build the network are Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Enterprise Communications Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Nokia Siemens Networks, ZTE Corporation, and Datang Telecom Technology and Industry
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Earnings reports and economic data are taking center stage in the week ahead, with major corporations such as Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, Lennar Corporation, and Family Dollar Stores set to release their quarterly results. Meanwhile, PCE Core, Personal Spending, Personal Income, and Pending Home Sales will provide insight into the US
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Investment banks are set to earn massive fees from AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, with Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co leading the charge. The deal marks the largest telecom deal worldwide since AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth in 2006,
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Companies expected to actively trade in Monday's session include Applied Signal Technology Inc., Chesapeake Energy Corp., and Sara Lee Corp. Defense contractor Raytheon Co. plans to acquire intelligence and reconnaissance products company Applied Signal for approximately $490 million. Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has built a 5.8%
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T-Mobile USA, the distant fourth in the US mobile service market, is likely to become the next carrier to offer Apple's popular iPhone, according to Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu. Wu's prediction contradicts the general consensus surrounding Verizon Wireless, which has been the subject of most
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The proposed merger of Deutsche Telekom (DT) and France Telecom's (FTE) UK units has faced the possibility of an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK antitrust watchdog. The two companies had announced their merger plan in September 2009 and filed their appeals to the
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an inquiry into the early termination fees (ETFs) charged by the four major national wireless carriers and Google, seeking information on how they disclose these charges to consumers and how they set them. The FCC's investigation is part of its new
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KT Corp., South Korea's largest broadband Internet operator, is set to disrupt the nation's smartphone market dominated by Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. with the introduction of Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The official launch is scheduled for Saturday, 10 days after the Korea
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China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier by subscriber, has outlined its plan to commence the trial run of its 4G network during Shanghai Expo 2010, a six-month event to be held from May 1 to October 31, 2010. The company has partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to design, construct,
