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FCC calls for hearing on AT&T’s T-Mobile purchase
The road is only getting rockier for AT&T’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile. In addition to a Justice Department lawsuit attempting to block the merger entirely, the Federal Communications Commission...
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Twitter acquires Android security firm Whisper Systems
Here’s an odd bit of M&A news. Wired reports that Twitter’s latest acquisition is a tiny Middle Eastern company whose sole focus is enterprise-grade security for Android phones. Whisper Systems,...
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European Union slams the breaks on Google-Motorola antitrust review
Excited at the prospect of Google having its own in-house hardware branch? Prepare to curb your enthusiasm: Bloomberg reports that antitrust proceedings for Google’s acquisition of Motorola in the...
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AT&T and T-Mobile call it quits — won’t be merging after all
AT&T has just issued a statement today outlining what many probably already saw coming. And that is that they have decided to call it quits and end the bid for a T-Mobile buyout. This was by far...
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Google and Motorola deal will learn its fate February 13th
In case anyone missed it, Google recently purchased Motorola Mobility for a whopping $12.5 billion. Obviously the acquisition hasn’t been finalized yet and will need to go through a vigorous process...
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Google Motorola deal also gets approval from US Department of Justice
We knew this news was coming today, and I’m sure most of you did also. Shortly after hearing the EU approved the Google Motorola buyout this morning, we now have confirmation that the US Department of...
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Google to replace Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha with one of their own
News reports are just hitting the wires that Google will be replacing the CEO of Motorola Mobility once the merger is completed. Big news as many wonder how and if things will change once Google takes...
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Motorola strategy won’t change after Google acquisition, says executive
Hoping for a brand new Motorola after it’s done being bought out by Google? You’re not alone. Take comfort in that, because you’ll have good company for commiserating: Motorola vice president of...
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T-Mobile expands 4G rollout, talks about LTE in 2013
Now that the T-Mobile AT&T merger has been terminated they are looking ahead to 2013 and trying hard to get back on track. Last month they announced their plans to rollout a 4G LTE network similar...
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Google’s Motorola acquisition suffers investigation setbacks in China
During the month of February the Google Motorola deal was looking quite promising. The European Union and the US both signed off on the acquisition and gave Google the green light. The only hurdle...
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AT&T blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs
Out from the camps at AT&T are a few red hot comments regarding the recent T-Mobile layoffs. In case you missed the news T-Mobile will be closing 7 call centers and over 3,000 employee’s will be...
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T-Mobile plans to buyout MetroPCS according to reports
The parent company of T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom, have confirmed that they are indeed looking to buyout and merge MetroPCS with T-Mobile here in the USA. Earlier we heard a few rumors of a possible...
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T-Mobile and MetroPCS set to combine in the first half of 2013
T-Mobile and MetroPCS will be joining forces. The two mobile providers today announced their intent to become one. The merger will see both companies keep the T-Mobile name going forward. The...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger gets a Department of Justice thumbs up
We learned that T-Mobile and MetroPCS were planning to join forces back in October 2012. Of course, planning to join forces and actually being able to do so are two different things. You know, with all...
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T-Mobile layoffs expected ahead of MetroPCS merger
News of the T-Mobile and MetroPCS acquisition first came to light back in October and it was just yesterday when we learned the Department of Justice had given their approval. There is more to the...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger gains FCC approval
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS. This news comes in follow-up to the thumbs up that we recently saw coming from the Department of...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS regulatory approvals now complete
T-Mobile and MetroPCS received the FCC approval back on March 12 which meant that the necessary approvals for a merger were almost complete. Basically, once the FCC offered their approval we still...
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ISS suggests MetroPCS shareholders vote against T-Mobile merger
Things seemed to be going rather well in terms of the T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger. This all began as rumor back in October of last year and as of today we have seen approval after approval. In fact,...
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T-Mobile cuts several hundred Bellevue HQ employees
It still looks like the T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger is on track for approval from all necessary parties, however it seems as if one of the nastier side effects has also happened. The layoffs. While...
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Verizon Wireless acquires Mohave Wireless
Much of the carrier acquisition talk has centered around T-Mobile and MetroPCS lately, however it looks like Verizon Wireless also has some related news. In short, Verizon Wireless has announced the...
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