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Breaking: Verizon Wireless to acquire Alltel for $28.1 billion

2008-06-05 13:54:44 by Peter Ha in CrunchGear
 
...ACQUIRE ALLTEL; WILL EXPAND NATIONS MOST RELIABLE WIRELESS NETWORK Verizon Wireless has entered into an agreement with Alltel Corporation and Atlantis Holdings LLC, an affiliate of private investment firm TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners, to acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon...
 
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Virgin Mobile USA to Acquire Helio for Approximately $39 Million in Equity

2008-06-30 18:51:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...acquire Helio, a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) providing highly advanced postpaid products and services with unique user applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Virgin Mobile USA will acquire Helio from SK Telecom and EarthLink for limited partnership units equivalent to 13 million shares of...
 
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Vodafone to acquire Tiscali?

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2008-04-21 08:54:04 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...acquire the Anglo-Italian ISP Tiscali According to The Guardian , Tiscali's board prefers selling both its UK and Italian subsidiaries together rather than separately In addition to Vodafone, a host of other companies are also interested in Tiscali including BSkyB, Orange, Carphone Warehouse, Telecom Italia, Fastweb and Sky Italia but most of...
 
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France Telecom to acquire TeliaSonera?

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2008-04-21 08:45:08 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...acquire Nordic operator TeliaSonera. In a recent conference call with journalists, France Telecom's Finance Director Gervais Pellissier described the deal as "a strategic opportunity" and one that could be made through a combined cash and share offer. However, the company gave no timeframes for when a deal could be completed and warned the...
 
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Verizon Wireless To Acquire Alltel; Will Expand Nations Most Reliable Wireless Network

2008-06-06 16:41:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltels projected net debt at closing of $22.2 billion, the...
 
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Virgin Mobile USA to acquire Helio in $39 million deal

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2008-06-27 19:11:04 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...acquire the post-paid MVNO for 13 million shares of Virgin Mobile USA class A common stock, valued at $39 million. The deal is expected to be finalized in Q3 2008, pending regulatory approval. "We believe that the acquisition of Helio and the related strategic investments by SK Telecom and Virgin Group are of enormous benefit to our business,...
 
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Virgin Mobile USA to Acquire Helio

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2008-06-29 17:15:42 by Patrick Birmingham in Cell Phone Digest
...acquire Helio, a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Virgin Mobile USA will acquire Helio from SK Telecom and EarthLink for limited partnership units equivalent to 13 million shares of Virgin Mobile USA class A common stock, with a value of $39 million based on the closing price of Virgin...
 
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Motorola Extends Tender Offer to Acquire Controlling Interest in Vertex Standard

2007-12-25 11:48:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 6821) (Vertex Standard), a global provider of 2-way radio communication solutions The tender offer period has been extended from December 26, 2007 to January 15, 2008. The extension was required because an amendment to the tender offer disclosure document has been filed...
 
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DoCoMo's Subsidiary interTouch to Acquire MagiNet

2007-12-28 00:44:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...acquire MagiNet for approximately US$150 million. Both companies are Singapore-based providers of high-speed wired/wireless broadband connectivity services and applications primarily to hotels, management companies and travelers worldwide. DoCoMo will provide additional funding of up to US$191 million to interTouch, which includes funds to be...
 
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