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Sprint and T-Mobile Agree to Merger

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In a deal that will send shock waves through the telecommunications industry, Bloomberg has revealed. The deal equates to $40 per share, a 17% premium on Wednesday’s price at the close of...

AT&T and DirecTV Merger Details

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Telecommunications giant AT&T is proposing a $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV provider DirecTV. If the deal goes through, here's what customers can expect: WHAT CHANGES? — At the moment,...

AT&T and Verizon received one government data request per minute last year

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We recently heard about some companies including Apple, Facebook and Google planning to disclose government data requests to the customers and the government certainly was not happy about this,...

T-Mobile Adds 1.3 Million Monthly Subscribers, More Than AT&T And Verizon Combined

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The wireless provider that is trying to brand itself as America’s “un-carrier,” T-Mobile, must be doing something right by eschewing annual service contracts: the company reported Thursday morning...

Verizon Offers Discounts on its Family Wireless Plans

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Verizon introduced its More Everything family wireless plan at a starting price of as low as $45 per monthly access. Customers can power a single device or up to ten devices with unlimited talk time...

Verizon negotiating with content providers for online video service

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Reuters reports that wireless carrier Verizon is currently holding talks with content providers on starting an online video service. Verizon is apparently talking with the providers about a web-based...

Comcast’s Time Warner Deal Faces Hurdles in Washington

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Comcast's surprising announcement of a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion is being met with outrage by consumer advocates, concern by politicians, and uncertainty by Wall Street. Bringing...

Verizon shake-up to affect about 3,000 workers

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 3,000 Verizon Wireless workers will have to transfer to different offices or find new jobs as part of a shake-up that will close five of the company's customer call centers...

Sprint reconsidering T-Mobile Purchase after Sour Reaction by Regulators

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Sprint is the third largest wireless carrier in the US behind AT...