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Sprint, Nextel Shareholders Approve Merger

Jul 13, 2005, 12:07 PM by (staff)

Sprint shareholders approved the Sprint-Nextel merger today, following Nextel shareholders' approval of the deal this morning. The two carriers have now cleared a majority of the hurdles towards a merger. The companies still await FCC approval; a decision is expected from the commission at the end of the month. In addition, Nextel still needs to settle a suit with Nextel Partners, an exclusive reseller for rural areas, which is concerned about their post-merger options. Sprint recently agreed to purchase US Wireless before the merger in order to settle a suit the affiliate was using to delay merger. Update: Sprint is now being sued by a second affiliate, Ubiquitel, which could further delay merger proceedings, or force Sprint to buy yet another reseller.

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RUFF1415

Jul 13, 2005, 3:48 PM

I'm going to pull a Nextel18.

Update: Sprint is now being sued by a second affiliate, Ubiquitel, which could further delay merger proceedings, or force Sprint to buy yet another reseller.

I'm going to pull a Nextel18 and say "I saw this coming". 😳

This isn't looking good for Sprint. I wonder what is happening with Nextel's affiliates.

randomnick

You forgot to add:

"Nextel is the greatest wireless company EVER created and has no faults what-so-ever."

Just joking. But as far the Nextel affiliates, it is my understanding that Sprint or it's affiliates all offer service or have licenses in ...
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Ocellular

Jul 13, 2005, 3:49 PM

I just want to say...

Cingular is the best and no other company can compare 😁 not only that, its gonna be hard to get a merger when both companies are still buying other people and be sued.

RUFF1415

You will be torn to pieces over that statement.

SolidusdotNU

It was pretty useless for you to throw in your opinion of Cingular in a forum about Sprint and Nextel. You opinion of Cingular has no value here (especially since after switching to T-Mobile from Cingular I have been much happier).

But on your seco...
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