We knew that Sprint wasn’t happy about AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, based on comments by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse about the deal. But the company today made it official, announcing that it will formally oppose the $39 billion combination. An excerpt from the company’s statement. The transaction, which requires the approval of the… Read More…
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We look back on one of the biggest weeks we can remember in technology news, including AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, Apple’s trademark dispute with Amazon.com, and Microsoft’s patent case against Barnes & Noble over Android. Mobile industry veteran Paul Griff, the CEO of RootMetrics, joins us as… Read More…
AT&T’s proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile USA would create a U.S. wireless colossus, with 130 million wireless subscribers — enough to send waves across the rest of the industry from even its smallest choices in mobile operating systems, wireless standards and hardware. That would impact some of the biggest names in technology — including… Read More…
Amazon.com plans to unveil its much-anticipated Android app store on Tuesday, according to a report in Wired. There’s been plenty of speculation in recent weeks about the online retailer’s plans to create an online destination for Android applications, similar to Apple’s app store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications, and an alternative to the… Read More…
It has been pretty interesting to watch the back-and-forth negotiating between Clearwire and Sprint Nextel, much of which has taken place in the press. The two companies have been engaged in an ongoing dispute over how much Sprint Nextel pays to utilize Clearwire’s 4G WiMax network. Sprint also has been weighing options related to long-term… Read More…
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