Sprint is boosting its bid for Bellevue mobile broadband company Clearwire to $3.40 per share, an increase of about 50 percent over the previous offer. As a result of the increased bid, Clearwire has pushed its shareholder voter, originally scheduled for today, to Friday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m.. (Editor’s note: The date of the… Read More…
Bellevue-based Clearwire is running out of options, and its best opportunity to receive any value for the company is Sprint’s $2.2 billion offer. That’s the word from the Clearwire board, which for the second time this month has sent a letter to shareholders urging them to approve the deal with Sprint. The letter, signed by… Read More…
It’s been a long and winding road for Clearwire, the Bellevue mobile broadband company which has been weighing competing offers from Sprint and Dish Network. But after months of deliberation, the board of directors today is recommending that shareholders go forward with Sprint’s $2.2 billion offer. Some investors have argued that Sprint’s bid is too… Read More…
T-Mobile isn’t the only carrier offering sweet trade-in deals. Starting Wednesday, AT&T is offering at least $100 in trade-in credit for those who swap their smartphone and purchase a new one via AT&T, including the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Blackberry Z10 and the HTC One. Your trade-in phone must be less than three years old… Read More…
Maybe there’s some truth to the hilarious and equally ridiculous ad Microsoft put out today, which attempts to differentiate Windows Phone from Apple and Samsung by poking fun at stereotypical users of the leading smartphones. The first quarter numbers from Kantar show Windows making consistent gains in the U.S. smartphone market, as evidenced by growth of 1.9 percentage… Read More…
Two weeks after Dish Network jumped into the bidding for Sprint with a $25.5 billion offer, the wireless carrier has formed a special committee and received a waiver from SoftBank to consider the deal. (You may recall that SoftBank bid $20.1 billion for Sprint earlier this year). “The waiver will permit Sprint and its representatives,… Read More…
Bellevue-based RootMetrics is out with its 2012 mobile carrier performance review and it shows good news for all four of the nation’s big carriers, with download speeds up and fewer calls dropped. Verizon, though, took the cake for data, text and call speed ratings. AT&T was not far behind, and T-Mobile came in third for overall… Read More…
T-Mobile customers ready to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy S4 will need to wait a few more days after an inventory delay has pushed back online sales. Originally scheduled to be available to purchase online today, T-Mobile announced that Samsung’s new flagship smartphone will instead be available five days later on April 29. The… Read More…
The flagship phone that could put an end to HTC’s sinking profits finally hit stores Friday. The long-awaited HTC One is available today by AT&T and Sprint, both online and at their retail stores. You can also purchase it at Best Buy, RadioShack, Walmart, Target, Amazon.com, Costco, Car Toys, Sam’s Club, HSN.com, and HTC.com. Both Sprint and AT&T are… Read More…
Both Sprint and Dish Network are looking to buy Clearwire, the Bellevue-based wireless broadband operator that’s most coveted for its spectrum holdings. But now there may be another player in the mix. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Verizon Wireless has offered to pay as much as $1.5 billion to Clearwire for its spectrum leases…. Read More…
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