On the surface, it's as though a bride and groom decided to tie the knot even though they don't speak the same language. Though a happy, long-lasting marriage isn't out of the question, a considerable ...

Merger would create the nation's No. 3 wireless company OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- With shareholder blessing in hand, Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. are pressing forward to have their unified ...

Executives from Sprint and Nextel Communications took to a stage at the St. Regis Hotel in New York Wednesday to announce a definitive agreement to merge their two companies and create the third ...

Sprint and Nextel on Friday formally closed the merger they announced last Dec. 15, forming a mobile telecommunications behemoth called Sprint Nextel. Sprint and Nextel on Friday formally closed the ...

Directors of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. agreed yesterday to merge the companies in a deal that would create a new wireless telecommunications giant, sources said. Under the merger ...

Agents, in particular, are always concerned when telecommunications companies merge because it almost certainly means their commissions for representing services from those carriers will be adversely ...

WASHINGTON — Sprint Corp.'s $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. got the go-ahead from federal regulators on Wednesday, creating the No. 3 wireless company in the United States. The ...

The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel announced Wednesday may make consumers jittery about rising prices in a consolidating industry, but experts say the remaining players will still wage a ...

— -- Sprint and Nextel Communications said this week they intend to finalize their merger on August 12, after gaining all required regulatory approval. The companies will become Sprint Nextel and ...

Sprint is close to an agreement to buy Nextel for more than $35 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. A Sprint-Nextel merger, which would combine the No.

Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. reached a tentative agreement to merge, a deal that would create the nation's third-biggest mobile-phone company and could bring significant changes to ...

Sprint and Nextel Communications on Friday formally closed the merger they announced last Dec. 15, forming a mobile telecommunications behemoth called Sprint Nextel. The new company, with about 44 ...