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MetroPCS shareholders agree to T-Mobile merger

MetroPCS shareholders agree to T-Mobile merger
  • Posted April 24, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • MetroPCS shareholders have voted in favor of merging the company with the nation’s fourth largest wireless provider. Shareholder approval was the last major hurdle the deal faced as regulators had already given the merger the green light earlier this year. …

T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger granted FCC approval

T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger granted FCC approval
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • One week ago, the Department of Justice gave Deutsche Telekom the green light to purchase regional carrier MetroPCS and combine it with T-Mobile USA. Now the Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger as well, leaving it up to the…

Department of Justice approves T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger

Department of Justice approves T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Deutsche Telekom reached an agreement last October to purchase regional carrier MetroPCS and combine it with T-Mobile. The deal was expected to cost the parent company $1.5 billion in cash and a 26 percent stake in the combined company pending regulatory approval.

MetroPCS launches Joyn, iMessage and Facetime rival

MetroPCS launches Joyn, iMessage and Facetime rival
  • Posted November 1, 2012, 10:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Today MetroPCS announced the launch of Joyn, a bundle of communication protocols which include functionality similar to Blackberry Messenger, iMessage and Facetime. Joyn is based on the interworkable Rich Communication Services standard and promises to (eventually) deliver Metro PCS subscribers IP-based…

Japanese wireless provider SoftBank in talks to acquire Sprint Nextel

Japanese wireless provider SoftBank in talks to acquire Sprint Nextel
  • Posted October 11, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation SoftBank is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase Sprint Nextel. The deal, said to be valued at nearly $13 billion, could be just what the struggling wireless provider needs to help finance what the NY…

Deutsche Telekom in talks to buy MetroPCS, combine it with T-Mobile

Deutsche Telekom in talks to buy MetroPCS, combine it with T-Mobile
  • Posted October 3, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Deutsche Telekom is in talks to acquire MetroPCS Communications and combine it with T-Mobile USA. A merger with the fifth largest telecommunications network in the US could be just what Bellevue, Washington’s T-Mobile needs to effectively compete with the nation’s…

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