Sprint wants to buy Clearwire, offers $2.1 billion for remaining 49.6% of shares
Clearwire Corp has received a full acquisition offer from its majority-stake owner Sprint Nextel Corp. Sprint has offered $2.1 billion to buy all the remaining shares currently owned by other...
View ArticleSprint buys Clearwire outright to get hold of its spectrum Ghz
The negotiations seem to have been relatively short for Sprint to buy the almost 50 percent stake in Clearwire that it does not currently own. Rumors started to emerge a couple of months ago that...
View ArticleDish Network asks FCC to freeze Softbank and Sprint deal
The Dish Network has been creating some buzz recently. It pretty much started with Google and Dish coming to terms with creating their own wireless service. However, a lot goes into a wireless...
View ArticleClearwire draws additional $80 million from Sprint
In the wake of the Sprint-SoftBank deal, we learned that Sprint would need to buy out the remaining half of Clearwire they didn’t yet own. Sprint’s offer to Clearwire was for $800 million, spread out...
View ArticleDISH Network offers $25.5 billion for Sprint
We were all certain the Sprint-Softbank deal was set in stone. Sprint was making a power play for the remaining portion of Clearwire, which was needed to finish the deal. Softbank was coming up with...
View ArticleVerizon may have bid on Clearwire spectrum
Things are getting twisted over at Clearwire. First, the company is drawing money from Sprint to complete a buyout transaction. That buyout of Clearwire by Sprint is a stepping stone to their Softbank...
View ArticleClearwire board recommends shareholders accept Dish offer, not Sprint’s
The saga continues for Sprint. When the announcement came that the US carrier would be purchased by Japanese counterpart Softbank, it seemed pretty cut and dry. Softbank had a respectable offer in...
View ArticleSprint sues DISH Network over Clearwire offer
In a rather bold move, Sprint has sued Dish Network to stop the satellite TV provider from purchasing a controlling interest in Clearwire. Though the offer Dish put on the table was recommended by the...
View ArticleDish abandons Sprint offer, focuses on Clearwire
After tendering an impressive offer for Sprint back in April, Dish Network has decided to withdraw from their bidding war with Softbank. The original offer, deemed to be not “actionable” by the Sprint...
View ArticleCan Sprint become the data king in 2014?
Susan Law Cain/Shutterstock Last summer, Sprint acquired TDD spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band from Clearwire. According to a recent report from Strategy Analytics, this will be a “powerful resource” for...
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