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Sprint Nextel Virgin Mobile

AP News 2 days ago

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, a sign hangs outside a Sprint store in Saugus, Mass. Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, it has completed its $483 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA.(AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file) ...

Windstream to buy Iowa Telecom for $1.1 billion

AP News 2 days ago

Windstream to buy Iowa Telecom for $1.1 billion to expand reach into Iowa and Minnesota Phone company Windstream Corp. announced Tuesday it would buy Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. for $1.1 billion in cash and stock, and pick up a quarter-million subscribers in ...

EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

AP News 2 days ago

EU drops monopoly abuse probe into chip maker Qualcomm after complaints withdrawn European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees. Broadcom Corp., NEC ...

Nokia phone margin, smartphone outlook eyed

Reuters US Online Report Business News 2 days ago

HELSINKI (Reuters) - - Nokia Oyj's <NOK1V.HE> battered shares could get a boost when the firm looks ahead at next week's investor day to an expected upturn in handset margins and a more competitive smartphone offering in 2010. The world's largest mobile ...

keith urban

WENN 3 days ago

Keith Urban performing live at a Pasadena Verizon Wireless store; Verizon Wireless and Samsung Mobile Team with Keith Urban for an acoustic performance for fans. Los Angeles, California, USA - 21.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

Keith Urban In-Store Hosted By Verizon Wireless & Samsung Mobile

Getty Images 4 days ago

PASADENA, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Keith Urban makes an in-store appearance hosted by Verizon Wireless and Samsung Mobile on November 21, 2009 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images

Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers

AP News 6 days ago

Verizon Wireless laying off former Alltel headquarters workers in Arkansas after takeover Verizon Wireless laid off more former Alltel Corp. headquarters workers Thursday, saying the jobs were redundant after its acquisition of the Arkansas-based wireless provider. Verizon Wireless declined to say how ...

Shareholders OK DirecTV spinoff but sale uncertain

AP News 7 days ago

Shareholders approve DirecTV spinoff but sale to phone company uncertain Shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty Media Corp.'s entertainment businesses, as the chairman of both firms dampened speculation about a sale ...

Vivendi eyes NBC Universal exit: CFO

Reuters US Online Report Business News 7 days ago

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Philippe Capron also ...

China Mobile says still in iPhone talks with Apple

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

China Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator, said Wednesday it is still in negotiations with Apple over the sale of iPhones in China. "We really are still in talks with Apple...In our negotiations in the past, we insisted on sticking to our ...

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