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US Judge Approves T-Mobile’s Sprint Acquisition
Appeal by a number of US states that acquisition would violate antitrust laws and raise prices has been overruled by US judge
T-Mobile Buys Sprint In £19bn Mega-Deal
The deal would give the combined T-Mobile more funds to invest in infrastructure and 5G development
SoftBank Enlists Japanese-Speaking IBM Watson As Profit Falls
IBM to teach Watson Japanese to give a helping hand to Softbank
Google To Launch MVNO Service – Report
Forget search engines? Google reportedly shapes up to be a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
SoftBank To Sell Robot In US Stores
Are robots about to emerge from the factory floor and become a part of our everyday life?
US Government Accuses Operator Sprint Of Overcharging For Surveillance
US telco Sprint overcharged the US government £13m for facilitating spying operations such as wiretaps, according to a US Justice Department lawsuit
US Concerns Over Huawei, ZTE Complicate Sprint Merger
A $20.1bn deal between the US' Sprint and Japan's Softbank is facing complications due to the US government's mistrust of Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE
Sprint To Close Down 2G Nextel Network
US operator Sprint is to close its 2G Nextel network next year as part of its 4G LTE rollout plans
US 4G Network LightSquared Goes Bust
The US 4G network LightSquared has declared bankruptcy but insists Chapter 11 is not the end
Sprint Pulls Out Of LightSquared 4G LTE Deal
US carrier Sprint has annulled its 4G LTE partnership with start-up LightSquared and returned £41m in prepayments
Google To Take A Loss On Its Clearwire Stake
The search giant will get back less than one tenth of the $500 million it sunk in the would-be WiMax superstar
AT&T Abandons £25bn Bid To Buy T-Mobile USA
The US operator AT&T has ended its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, a merger that had drawn fire from regulators as well as rival operator Sprint
US Operator Mulls Further Investment In WiMax Player
American mobile operator Sprint is reportedly mulling an acquisition of WiMax service provider Clearwire
Google Wallet Mobile Payments Limited Trial In US
Google Wallet will launch in the US to allow users to pay for goods by tapping their phone on a terminal
WiMax Backer Signals Eventual Jump To LTE Camp
Clearwire, a US wireless ISP who is also a major backer of WiMax plans to jump ship to the LTE ecosystem
LTE Adoption Continues With Users Expected To Top 16 Million
The uptake of LTE continues as a new report predicts it will reach 16 million users by the end of the year
Double Take On Dual-screen Kyocera Echo Smartphone
Will buyers look twice at Sprint and Kyocera's dual-screen smartphone due to hit the Android market in spring
WiMax Network Spreads To More US Cities
Sprint has extended its WiMax network in the United States to more cities including Denver and Bridgeport
More WiMax Networks Go Live In US
Despite the focus on LTE recently, WiMax continues to expand with new networks going live in major US cities
Sprint Backs WiMAX, But Admits LTE Will Be Bigger
The boss of US mobile operator Sprint has backed the reasons for investing in WiMAX, but admitted that LTE will likely become the bigger 4G standard