Sprint buys Nextel for US$35 billion

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Sprint, Nextel to Merge

Sprint, Nextel to Merge 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
Sprint and Nextel announced their $40 billion merger of equals: Sprint's CDMA technology has been a block to offer push-to-talk (PTT) services that Nextel has made great profits on. Nextel has no migration plan for next-generation data services, although they've been testing approaches that aren't integrated with their iDEN voice technology. Sprint has already committed to spending billions on 3G high-speed voice and data systems. In seemingly unrelated news a few days ago, Cingular dropped its challenge to the FCC proposal that would allow Nextel to reorganize its scattered chunks of frequency, giving them new contiguous spectrum in exchange for paying for the cost of moving the public-safety incumbents to Nextel-vacated frequencies. It's a multi-billion-dollar deal that the FCC offered, and Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless now no longer oppose it, and one would expect Sprint and Nextel to accept the deal, although Nextel wants to pay substantially less. The new Sprint Nextel is at a rough parity with the subscriber base of Cingular-post-AT&T Wireless acquisition and Verizon Wireless (all on their lonesome). Sprint Nextel will have 35 million subscribers, Cingular 47 million, and Verizon Wireless 42 million. T-Mobile becomes a distant fourth (about 16 million subscribers) with no data upgrade plan in sight. This didn't elude the Wall Street Journal, which filed this report in which T-Mobile notes that worldwide they have about 70 million cell phone users which allows them to compete on scale for handsets and network components....

Rosy future for Sprint-Nextel marriage

Rosy future for Sprint-Nextel marriage 12/19/2004 03:20 PM
But what of T-Mobile USA?

Sprint chases Nextel with Ready Link

Sprint chases Nextel with Ready Link 11/17/2003 02:05 AM
Boston Globe Nov 17 2003 1:00AM ET

Sprint, Nextel Agree to $35bn Merger

Sprint, Nextel Agree to $35bn Merger 12/17/2004 06:30 PM
Despite recent reports that Verizon was interested in making a bid for Sprint's wireless unit, Nextel and Sprint have officially announced plans to merge companies. The new company, which will be the third largest U.S. wireless carrier, will eventually migrate Nextel users off its iDEN network onto Sprint's CDMA infrastructure.

Motorola Solidifies Role With
Sprint-Nextel

Motorola Solidifies Role With
Sprint-Nextel 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
Forbes Dec 16 2004 9:43PM GMT

Wireless War Heats Up As Sprint Grabs
Nextel

Wireless War Heats Up As Sprint Grabs
Nextel 12/29/2004 03:16 AM
Information Week Dec 29 2004 6:40AM GMT

Motorola smells business in Sprint,
Nextel merger

Motorola smells business in Sprint,
Nextel merger 12/24/2004 01:00 PM
Hindustan Times Dec 23 2004 4:45PM GMT

FCC to allow wireless access on planes
Best Buy 3Q earnings rise 21 percent
Sprint Nextel would be 3

FCC to allow wireless access on planes
Best Buy 3Q earnings rise 21 percent
Sprint Nextel would be 3 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Dec 16, 05:21 am GMT

Nextel Must Pay at Least $3.2
Billion for Airwaves
(washingtonpost.com)

Nextel Must Pay at Least $3.2
Billion for Airwaves
(washingtonpost.com) 07/08/2004 10:17 PM
washingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission ordered Nextel Communications Inc. to pay at least $3.2 billion as part of a complex compromise that gives the wireless phone company a slice of valuable airwaves while freeing up crowded frequencies for public safety agencies.

Google creating online reading room
Technology challenges Sprint-Nextel
merger Apple fights back aga

Google creating online reading room
Technology challenges Sprint-Nextel
merger Apple fights back aga 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Dec 16, 11:24 pm GMT

Sprint to Invest $1 Billion on 3G
Upgrade

Sprint to Invest $1 Billion on 3G
Upgrade 06/22/2004 06:41 PM
The carrier says it will offer CDMA Ev-DO services in select markets in the second half of the year.

Sprint to Spend $1 Billion on 3G Upgrade

Sprint to Spend $1 Billion on 3G Upgrade 06/23/2004 02:03 PM
eWeek Jun 23 2004 5:39PM GMT

Another Billion into Networks, as Sprint
PCS Heads for 3G; Cingular Makes Plans,
Too

Another Billion into Networks, as Sprint
PCS Heads for 3G; Cingular Makes Plans,
Too 06/22/2004 10:34 AM
Sprint PCS joins the third-generation cellular rush in the U.S. by committing a billion dollars to building a 1xEV-DO network: The company had previously signaled its interest in waiting and then deploying an EVDV (data/voice) network that might have had higher download speeds and integrated voice into the same 3G footprint. Now they say that some markets will have their brand of service year's end with many more in 2005. Cingular, meanwhile said today that UMTS could appear as soon as next year. Cingular had recently expressed doubts that with the current available spectrum they could deploy 3G data networks before 2006. Now, they plan a trial of two kinds of UTMS: one operates at 384 Kbps (unclear if this is the rated speed or the typical speed), and another at up to 14.4 Mbps. That's megabits per second. Trials will start in Atlanta this summer, and extend in 2005 to the rest of the country. AT&T Wireless, which Cingular is in the middle of acquiring, has reiterated its plans in the last few months to try UMTS's W-CDMA flavor in a few cities by the end of 2004. T-Mobile's plans are obscure, but EDGE (2.5G/100 Kbps) should be on its way. Nextel will most likely pursue a private cell data plan with higher speeds but that use none of the popular flavors. Suddenly, some towns with no-better-than-modem wireless speeds could have four competing cellular data networks with 100 to 400 Kbps average download speeds. (All of these flavors ostensibly have restricted uploads of about 50 Kbps, however.) Expect price competition. At $80 per month flat for Verizon Wireless's high-speed network, the race to the bottom will start in earnest. Verizon Wireless will still likely have a leg up by offering service first in most competitive cities....

Carlyle to Buys DDI Pocket for $2
Billion (AP)

Carlyle to Buys DDI Pocket for $2
Billion (AP) 06/21/2004 09:25 AM
AP - The Carlyle Group will buy DDI Pocket, Japan's leading wireless data company, for 220 billion yen ($2 billion), with a minority stake going to Japanese electronics maker Kyocera Corp., the U.S. private equity firm said Monday.

Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4 Billion

Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4 Billion 04/18/2005 11:17 AM
In a stock deal valued at $3.4 billion, Adobe on Monday announced it has acquired rival Macromedia. The merger, which brings together Adobe's ubiquitous PDF document format and graphics suite with Macromedia's market-leading animation tools, pits the combined company squarely against Microsoft.

What $3 Billion, More or Less, Buys: A
Hotel Fit for Kings

What $3 Billion, More or Less, Buys: A
Hotel Fit for Kings 03/17/2005 03:59 AM
The Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which just opened to the public, is said to be the most expensive hotel ever built.

Tellabs Buys Its Supplier AFC For $1.9
Billion

Tellabs Buys Its Supplier AFC For $1.9
Billion 05/20/2004 02:16 PM
Internet News May 20 2004 6:15PM GMT

InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for
$1.85 billion

InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for
$1.85 billion 03/22/2005 04:40 PM

Consortium Buys SunGard for $11.3
Billion (AP)

Consortium Buys SunGard for $11.3
Billion (AP) 03/28/2005 08:31 AM
AP - Financial data company SunGard Data Systems Inc. has been bought by a consortium of seven private investment firms for $11.3 billion, the companies said Monday.

Adobe buys Macromedia in $3.4 billion
deal

Adobe buys Macromedia in $3.4 billion
deal 04/18/2005 08:37 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 19 2005 12:04AM GMT

Hewlett-Packard buys back $1.3 billion
in stock

Hewlett-Packard buys back $1.3 billion
in stock 09/20/2004 12:48 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 20 2004 4:54PM GMT

FCC Gives Nextel Spectrum Shuffle
Approval, But Does Nextel Approve?

FCC Gives Nextel Spectrum Shuffle
Approval, But Does Nextel Approve? 07/08/2004 05:39 PM
Reuters reports that the FCC commissioners voted 5-0 in favor of what sounded like a Nextel plan to reorganize an ugly band: Nextel owns tiny slices of a very ugly chopped up range in the 700 and 800 MHz, and their proposal was to reorganize it so that the public-safety purposes to which other slices are put can be consolidated and provided with more reliability. For their part, Nextel would receive a contiguous range in the 1.9 GHz band, and be less likely to cause interference in public-safety bands--which many blame not on Nextel but on the equipment used for fire, police, and emergencies--and have an easier time in providing cellular coverage at those higher frequencies. The FCC values the deal at $4.8 billion, but will give Nextel credit for $1.6 billion in returning the lower-band frequencies. Nextel has to put up a line of credit for $2.5 billion to cover relocation costs, which are allowed to exceed that amount. If Nextel's final bill is less than $3.2 billion, they have to pay the government the difference. Nextel's response was muted; they had wanted to pay $1.36 billion. Other cellular operators were complaining that the deal gave Nextel too much; it looks like the FCC chose this approach to make it worthwhile to public safety without letting Nextel off the hook....

Research and Markets: Worldwide
Telecommunications Market Set to Double
from $123 Billion in 2004 to $282
Billion by 2010

Research and Markets: Worldwide
Telecommunications Market Set to Double
from $123 Billion in 2004 to $282
Billion by 2010 03/31/2005 08:57 AM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14700) has announced the addition of Worldwide Telecommunications and Communications Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2005 To 2010 to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005]

Research And Markets - The Telecoms
Market Is Expected To Grow By 5% From
$8.1 Billion In 2004 To $8.5 Billion In
New Zealand In 2005

Research And Markets - The Telecoms
Market Is Expected To Grow By 5% From
$8.1 Billion In 2004 To $8.5 Billion In
New Zealand In 2005 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c11215) has announced the addition of 2005 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in New Zealand. to their offering. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

NHS wants extra GBP2 billion for IT
funding, taking it to GBP4.2 billion

NHS wants extra GBP2 billion for IT
funding, taking it to GBP4.2 billion 12/02/2003 05:28 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 2 2003 4:11AM ET

Enterprise application integration (EAI)
combined license and services market
forecasts analysis indicates that
revenue of $2.5 billion in 2003 is
expected to go to $5.9 billion by 2009

Enterprise application integration (EAI)
combined license and services market
forecasts analysis indicates that
revenue of $2.5 billion in 2003 is
expected to go to $5.9 billion by 2009 07/30/2004 03:10 AM
[PRWEB Jul 30, 2004]

Research and Markets: Fixed Wireless,
WiMax, and WiFi Markets at $2.4 billion
in 2004 are Anticipated to Reach $12.4
Billion by 2010

Research and Markets: Fixed Wireless,
WiMax, and WiFi Markets at $2.4 billion
in 2004 are Anticipated to Reach $12.4
Billion by 2010 03/31/2005 03:03 AM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14679) has announced the addition of Fixed Wireless, WiMax, and WiFi Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2005 to 2010 to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005]

Nextel races into the pit

Nextel races into the pit 06/24/2004 12:53 PM
ZDNet Jun 24 2004 5:13PM GMT

Nextel Does Broadband

Nextel Does Broadband 04/14/2004 02:35 PM
The cellular walkie-talkie pioneer now offers speedy broadband to some customers.

Nextel Still Experimenting

Nextel Still Experimenting 04/26/2004 12:59 PM
Despite a trial and now commercial service of a broadband wireless offering in North Carolina, Nextel is reportedly still examining other technologies: Mobile Pipeline reports unnamed sources who say that Nextel is evaluating gear from IPWireless, though not in any public trials. While it's interesting to note a vendor by name, it's not big news that Nextel is looking at other equipment in addition to Flarion. The company has been fairly open about its interest in a variety of different technologies, ranging from CDMA-based networks to proprietary gear from Flarion. I've talked to a few analysts who say that Nextel is very seriously considering WiMax. IPWireless was once often mentioned by the 802.20 crowd as an active follower but recently seems to have jumped ship to the WiMax world....

Nextel More Than Quadruples 2Q Earnings
(AP)

Nextel More Than Quadruples 2Q Earnings
(AP) 07/21/2004 11:07 AM
AP - Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. more than quadrupled its second-quarter profits due to a one-time tax benefit and the addition of more than a half-million subscribers to its mobile phone service.

eBay: Nextel i930

eBay: Nextel i930 07/16/2004 08:46 AM

Someone is pre-selling a Motorola i930 Windows Smartphone -- the as-yet unreleased clamshell for Nextel -- on eBay, but there's a catch. The auction isn't for a leaked prototype or anything like that, but instead just the promise of being the first to get one when they hit the street in the fourth quarter of this year. Unfortunately, the auction is just parroting the standard ad copy we've seen floating around for the i930, and doesn't clarify if the i930 is still running the old and rusty Windows Smartphone 2002. (Thanks, Todd!)
Read - i930 Brand New smart phone not i860 i830 i730 NR [eBay]

Related
EXCLUSIVE: Details of Nextel's 2004 lineup, including an unannounced Motorola Smartphone [Gizmodo]

FCC OKs spectrum swap by Nextel

FCC OKs spectrum swap by Nextel 07/08/2004 07:17 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to solve interference with public safety radio networks by moving some of Nextel Communications Inc.'s mobile phone spectrum to another band.

Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal

Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
William E. Conway Jr., the chairman of the recently acquired Nextel, stands to become one of the highest-paid independent directors in the nation.

Motorola, Nextel confirm A-GPS bug

Motorola, Nextel confirm A-GPS bug 07/22/2004 02:44 PM
infoSync Jul 22 2004 6:19PM GMT

Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth

Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth 07/08/2004 07:16 PM

Push Comes to Shove at Nextel

Push Comes to Shove at Nextel 05/10/2004 05:51 AM
Nextel looks to differentiate itself in push-to-talk arena.

FCC OKs spectrum deal with Nextel

FCC OKs spectrum deal with Nextel 07/08/2004 03:31 PM
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a deal to grant Nextel Communications Inc. a chunk of radio spectrum in the 1.9GHz range in exchange for the mobile operator leaving other frequencies where its network has caused interference with public safety communications, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in its online edition.

Briefly: Nextel races into the pit

Briefly: Nextel races into the pit 06/24/2004 12:54 PM
roundup Plus: Intel debuts Celeron for low-cost desktops...AMD offers fix for chip glitch...eEye sees defense contract win.
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Motorola wins extension of Nextel iDEN
contract

Motorola wins extension of Nextel iDEN
contract 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
Telecoms.com Dec 17 2004 11:11AM GMT

Nextel / Motorola launch new flip phone

Nextel / Motorola launch new flip phone 12/16/2003 11:04 PM
MobileTracker Dec 16 2003 10:29PM ET

Cell-Phone Trade Group Goes Against
Nextel (washingtonpost.com)

Cell-Phone Trade Group Goes Against
Nextel (washingtonpost.com) 04/29/2004 11:15 PM
washingtonpost.com - The cellular phone trade association took the unusual step of wading into a nasty fight between two of its members and voted to endorse a policy that is strongly opposed by Reston-based Nextel Communications Inc.

Rumor: Nextel Working With Motorola on
"Service Master" Bluetooth Phone

Rumor: Nextel Working With Motorola on
"Service Master" Bluetooth Phone 08/20/2004 06:20 AM

One of our more reliable tipsters had this little nugget to drop. Take it for what it's worth:

I was talking to guy in a waiting room while we were both getting our cars serviced. Turns out he is some sort of higher up corporate level Nextel employee and he's impressed that my dad's business is on Nextel.

So I said to the guy, "When are you gonna finally get on the Bluetooth bandwagon?"

He told me they have a Bluetooth phone in the pipeline they are calling the "Service Master" that they developed with Motorola (surprise). Basically he said the only reason they are coming out with it is that Stanley Steamer, ChemLawn, and a few other companies comprising some 30,000 accounts demanded the bluetooth technology from Nextel and that's a big chunk of their business so they decided to keep them happy.

He didn't give a time frame for the release of the phone but indicated that the named businesses would be the first to get them.

Nextel Introduces the Motorola i830; the
Smallest Walkie-Talkie Phone Available
in North America

Nextel Introduces the Motorola i830; the
Smallest Walkie-Talkie Phone Available
in North America 06/08/2004 12:33 PM
Hispanic PR Wire Jun 8 2004 3:52PM GMT

Nextel Partners Trending Well

Nextel Partners Trending Well 06/22/2004 09:06 AM
TheStreet.com Jun 22 2004 1:06PM GMT

Nextel pushes into Mexico

Nextel pushes into Mexico 06/23/2004 03:50 PM
ZDNet Jun 23 2004 7:51PM GMT

Sprint buys Nextel for US$35 billion

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