Sprint
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SoftBank has named a successor to Michel Combes, who has announced his departure after only a few months as CEO of the group’s international arm.
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Softbank Group has a new leadership line-up and speculation is mounting that further appointments – and departures – could be confirmed in the coming weeks.
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Chris Harper, the former VP of international network services at Sprint, has joined Neterra as chief commercial officer.
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Deutsche Telekom has raised its profit outlook for the second time this year in is Q2 financial results.
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Last year’s acquisition of Sprint by its T-Mobile US has pushed Deutsche Telekom’s group revenues up by almost a third in the year, the company announced today.
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Interconnect and roaming specialist Syniverse has appointed Andrew Davies, a former Sprint, Vodafone and Verizon executive, as CEO.
Forthcoming events
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Deutsche Telekom has posted a 25.4% increase in group revenues for the full year 2020, reaching €101 billion for the period.
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Masayoshi Son is stepping down from leadership of SoftBank on 1 April, to be replaced by the group’s CTO, Junichi Miyakawa.
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T-Mobile US has announced a five-year programme to expand its 5G coverage, with contracts to both Ericsson and Nokia.
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Verizon is leading T-Mobile and AT&T in the 5G experience to urban users in the US, according to a new survey.
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Deutsche Telekom has posted revenue growth of 31.9% in the third quarter, prompting the telco to raise its guidance for the year.
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Dish Network, set to become the fourth mobile network in the US, has chosen to go with a cloud approach, using technology from Nokia.
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Verizon provides the fastest 5G speed in the US, almost 500Mbps – but its customers can connect with it only 0.4% of the time because of coverage issues.
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T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) has divested its interests in Sprint’s prepaid wireless business Boost Mobile, to DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) for US$1.4 billion.
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SoftBank last night set a price of US$103 for each of the shares in T-Mobile US that it is selling – $4 below last night’s closing price of $107.16.
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Loss-making SoftBank Group is to sell around two-thirds of its stake in T-Mobile US in order to raise 2 trillion yen (US$21 billion).
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It was a failure by a wholesale fibre provider in the south-east of the US that caused widespread outages to T-Mobile US’s network this week.
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Operator wants to acquire rival telcos across Europe, according to CEO Tim Höttges.
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The long -awaited merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint is likely to go ahead on schedule today – but banks will need to provide $23 billion worth of loans to allow it to happen.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile US appears on target to complete its takeover of SoftBank’s Sprint by the weekend.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing over $200 million fines against four of the largest wireless carriers in the US for location data violations.
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Sprint confirms the global expansion of its SD-WAN infrastructure through an expanded relationship with VMware.
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T-Mobile US and Sprint have entered into an amendment of their definitive Business Combination Agreement to create the new T-Mobile.
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Deutsche Telekom has reported revenues up 6.4% on the year to €80.5 billion, with profit up by almost 80% to €3.9 billion.
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Sprint’s wholesale division will adopt the T-Mobile brand after the two companies merge on 1 April, Capacity understands, but the unit will not be folded into Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier.
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Capacity rounds up 5 of the latest financial results from across the telco sector.
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Sprint and Rocket Fiber, a gigabit internet service provider in Detroit, have entered into a carrier agreement to supply the Detroit area businesses with flexible and diverse connectivity options.
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The long delay in winning approval for the T-Mobile/Sprint merger in the US has hurt Ericsson’s annual results.
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A US judge will hear the closing arguments tomorrow in a court case that is likely to be the final act in the long-running $26 billion Sprint/T-Mobile merger drama.
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The first few days of court proceedings have come to an end, with Sprint being challenged on whether it can turn itself around without the need for T-Mobile's help.
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Synchronoss Technologies is working on a new joint venture with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon to help deliver an advanced mobile messaging experience across all four networks.
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AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have created a joint venture called the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI) to deliver next-gen messaging for both consumers and businesses.
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Hurricane Dorian has knocked out internet and telecoms connections across the Bahamas and now US operators are preparing for the disastrous storm to hit Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
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The long-running saga of the $26 million T-Mobile-Sprint merger in the US has entered the last lap, as the companies try to satisfy the last objectors.
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Altice Europe is moving ahead with the planned sale of a stake in its fibre network in Portugal, according to 60% owner Patrick Drahi (pictured).
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Sprint is to sell Virgin Mobile USA as well as Boost Mobile to Dish Networks as part of its deal to merge with T-Mobile US.
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The $26 billion merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint is expected to be approved today, Thursday, following a deal between satellite TV company Dish and Sprint.
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Next week will be final decision time for the $26 billion project to merge Sprint with T-Mobile US, with Deutsche Telekom reportedly on the verge of pulling out.
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Satellite company Dish may join with Google if it manages to buy Boost Mobile from Sprint.
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Goldman Sachs may run an auction to find a buyer for Sprint’s Boost Mobile operation if Dish Network does not conclude a deal quickly.
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US satellite TV company Dish, run by Charlie Ergen (pictured), has emerged as the favourite to buy Sprint’s Boost Mobile sub-brand for $6 billion, along with wireless spectrum.
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Law officers for two of the biggest US states are leading legal action to stop T-Mobile US taking over Sprint in a $26 billion deal.