All the stories tagged with merger
Department of Justice files to block AT&T-T-Mobile deal
08/31/2011, It looks like AT&T’s plans to acquire T-Mobile might be coming to a halt. This morning, the Department of Justice has been reported to have filed a petition to block the takeover. According to the Department of Justice, the merger [...]
Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi merge LCD operations
08/31/2011, Mergers often end up with some corners being cut (cost savings in corporate parlance), resulting in a leaner and often meaner entity. Of course, there will be collateral damage along the way, but then again that is to be expected. [...]
Moogle and the Future of Mobile
08/15/2011, This morning, we covered the unexpected acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google for $12B, which is a huge premium (60%+) compared to the market value of Motorola Mobile on the previous day. Mobile technology is currently THE hot business topic [...]
Sprint interferes with AT&T-T-Mobile acquisition
06/28/2011, AT&T’s plan to acquire T-Mobile has been hotly debated ever since it was proposed. Consumers are all for improved network service and coverage a result of the merger, but on the other hand consumers don’t want AT&T and Verizon to [...]
Many big names support of proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger
06/06/2011, While some companies, such as Sprint, have expressed their concerns over AT&T’s plans to takeover T-Mobile; it has been recently made known that a number of big names in the industry are for the move. In a letter that was [...]
AT&T Buys T-Mobile for $39B
03/20/2011, It’s official, AT&T has announced that it was acquiring T-Mobile USA for $39B, adding 33M customers in one fell swoop. The combined entity will therefore have about 129M subscribers. This deal makes a lot more sense than the rumored Sprint+T-Mobile [...]
More Windows Phone 7-Nokia deal details revealed
03/11/2011, Here’s some very interesting news – according to the latest reports online, it appears that the Microsoft-Nokia deal for the Finnish phone manufacturer to create Windows Phone 7 handsets has not been finalized yet. Apparently the two giants are still [...]
Sprint Considering Merger With T-Mobile In The Future?
07/13/2010, Word is going around that Dan Hesse, Sprint’s CEO, has stated that the company is considering a merger with T-Mobile further down the read, even if Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, currently feels that the company is doing just fine [...]
HTC will not pick up Palm
04/23/2010, Looks like Palm will have to find another white knight to bail them out of their current financial predicament – HTC will not be purchasing the company, where according to an internal source, there “just weren’t enough synergies to take [...]
