DISH Ditches Sprint Bid to Focus on Clearwire Acquisition
DISH, which earlier this year offered to buy America’s third-largest wireless operator for more than $25 billion, said it will focus its efforts on buying Clearwire, the broadband provider.
DISH, which earlier this year offered to buy America’s third-largest wireless operator for more than $25 billion, said it will focus its efforts on buying Clearwire, the broadband provider.
Sprint says DISH "repeatedly attempted to fool Clearwire’s shareholders into believing its proposal was actionable in an effort to acquire Clearwires spectrum and to obstruct Sprints transaction with Clearwire."
DISH’s latest offer beats Sprint’s most recent bid by a whopping 30 percent. Is this an M&A game-changer?
Acquiring the rest of Clearwire and its spectrum would help Sprint expand its 4G LTE network services across the country.
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TeleBright Corp. (Booth 519) continues to add new partners to its roster, including consultancy Association Resource Group (ARG). TeleBright said such deals are putting its ManageRight platform in front of more end users. ManageRight monitors and analyzes companies wireline and wireless spend. For example, the program alerts administrators when a user is about to go […]
TouchTone Communications (Booth 104-106) announced its entry into the VoIP market. A reseller, TouchTone has been offering long-distance and local, data and Internet services for nearly 15 years. The new VoIP service is available in the 48 contiguous states and is a POTS replacement for local and long-distance. The company plans to offer hosted PBX […]
Speakeasy expanded its connectivity speed offerings by adding the stand-alone OneLink ADSL2, which features download speeds of up to 8.0, 10.0 and 15.0mbps, and upload speeds of up to 1.0mbps. This next-generation DSL technology provides an alternative to traditional DSL and cable service. The Speakeasy OneLink ADSL2 packages are targeted to small businesses that need […]
TalkSwitch and Endeavor Telecom announced a partnership Monday where Endeavor will offer its suite of installation and support services to TalkSwitch channel partners across North America. With a network of more than 9,000 contractors, Endeavors wholesale, white-label installation services extend the reach of a resellers internal operations team, allowing them to offer installation, training and […]
The National Coalition for Telecommunications Education and Learning and Pace University have launched a new wireless networking curriculum for the industry. This curriculum prepares students in the fundamentals of wireless networking, including set-up, maintenance and troubleshooting. Students take three courses: an introductory course, a course that covers current techniques, and one that deals specifically with […]
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