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Sprint’s LTE Coverage Gets A Boost As New iPhones Are Launched
With Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) launching its latest iPhones today, Sprint (NYSE:S) seized the opportunity to announce the addition of 34 new markets to its growing LTE coverage. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. now has its LTE network up ...
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Sprint Faces Subscriber Growth Concerns After iDEN Shutdown
Sprint’s (NYSE:S) shares have run up by almost 20% since it announced its Q2 earnings last month, but questions surrounding its subscriber growth still remain. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. recently shut down its outdated i...
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Sprint Looks To A New Future With Softbank But Subscriber Growth A Concern
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a mixed set of Q2 results July 30th, as wireless service revenues rose to an all-time high of $7.2 billion on increased data demand but subscriber losses mounted as the legacy iDEN network was finally shut down. The th...
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Sprint’s Q2 Will Show A New Look As It Emerges With Softbank and Clearwire
Sprint (NYSE:S) is expected to announce its Q2 2013 earnings on July 30. This quarter’s results will give a first peek into Sprint’s financial position post the cash infusion it received from Softbank – most of which must have b...
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Sprint Emerges Stronger With Softbank’s Backing And Clearwire’s Spectrum
Softbank has finally completed its $21.6 billion takeover of the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S., which gives it a 78% controlling stake in what was formerly Sprint Nextel and will now be called Sprint Corporation. Sprint’s (NYSE...
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Sprint Approves SoftBank Merger As Clearwire Ordeal Winds Down
An overwhelming majority of Sprint’s (NYSE:S) shareholders voted in favor of a takeover by SoftBank, ending a months-long fight with Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) that threatened to distract the company from its turnaround plans. The sharehold...
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Sprint’s Raised Bid All But Wins Clearwire Deal
Sprint’s (NYSE:S) latest move to raise its bid for Clearwire may finally clinch the deal in its favor and end a months-long bidding war with Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH). The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. made a revised offer of ...
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SoftBank-Sprint Fend Off Dish Takeover But Clearwire Deal Is A Jump Ball
With Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) declining to make a fresh bid for Sprint (NYSE:S), SoftBank seems to have cleared a very important hurdle in its attempt to buy the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. In a fresh update issued Tuesday, Dish ...
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Sprint Tries Legal Maneuvers To Prevent Dish-Clearwire Deal
With Clearwire siding with Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH), Sprint (NYSE:S) has filed a lawsuit against the two seeking to block the satellite-TV provider’s proposed offer for Clearwire’s shares. The third-largest wireless carrier in the U...
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Sprint Faces Setback After Clearwire Backs Dish’s Offer
In what seems like a big setback to Sprint (NYSE:S), Clearwire’s board has announced that it is backing Dish’s (NASDAQ:DISH) bid over its majority stakeholder’s. The announcement came just the hours before Clearwire’s shar...
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SoftBank Nears Deal For Sprint But Clearwire’s Fate Still Uncertain
The fight for Sprint (NYSE:S) seems to have taken a decisive turn away from Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) with SoftBank’s improved bid for the carrier receiving unanimous backing from not only Sprint’s board but also its largest sharehol...
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Weekly Telecom Notes: Sprint, Verizon and AT&T
The past week has been an eventful one for the U.S. telecom sector. The battle for Clearwire heated up with Dish Network offering a $4.40 bid per share for the carrier, topping Sprint’s (NYSE:S) already increased bid by nearly 30%. Verizon ...
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Dish Ups Clearwire Bid In A High Stakes Game Of Poker With Softbank
The battle for Clearwire is heating up with Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) making a much improved bid for the company, topping the offer Sprint (NYSE:S) had made last week. The satellite provider said late Wednesday that it has offered to acquire Cle...
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Is Dish Running Out Of Options After Sprint-Softbank Deal’s National Security Clearance?
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has cleared the proposed merger of the U.S. based wireless carrier Sprint (NYSE:S) and Japan’s Softbank. Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) through a website – www.nationalsecuritymatters.com, has b...
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This Year Solar Is Tops, Precious Metals The Dogs
Submitted by Abby Joseph at Profit Confidential as part of our contributors program . As we approach the mid-point of the year, U.S. stocks continue to fare well with the annualized return of the Dow at 42% and the S&P 500 at 39%. While I ha...
