Entries tagged "T-Mobile"
If British carrier Vodafone consolidates its home market, what becomes of its U.S. joint venture with Verizon Communications?
The Daily Deal was breaking news before the first newspapers were even delivered. On Sept. 15, 1999, we reported that VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was acquiring Aerial Communications, Inc. for $1.8 billion. (See the original story in The Deal Pipeline.) The deal valued Aerial stock at about $25.50, or a 27.5% premium over its preannouncement stock price.VoiceStream-Aerial would be the first of hundreds of scoops during our first 10 years. It was also the first of hundreds of articles about VoiceStream, whose rocky deal history is illustrative of the fate of many of its telecom peers. ...
As rumors persist about a possible bid by South Korea's SK Telecom Co. Ltd. for Sprint Nextel Corp., thoughts turn to how the U.S. government might react. ...
A bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. would be a bold move for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA arm. Maybe too bold. While such a transaction would vault T-Mobile to the top of a coveted market, it would also expose the carrier to great technological and financial risk. ...
