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Deutsche Telekom Considering Sprint Nextel Bid

Sep 13, 2009, 12:00 PM by Eric M. Zeman

According to sources cited by the UK Telegraph, Deutsche Telekom -- parent to T-Mobile USA -- is seriously considering a bid for Sprint Nextel. The company has been examining the idea for a year, but the Telegraph's sources say that Deutsche Telekom has been making serious preparations to place a bid for about three months now. Sprint is valued at about $10.6 billion, and Deutsche Telekom would need to raise capital to make the purchase. If the purchase goes through, the Telegraph's sources indicate that Deutsche Telekom would likely merge Sprint Nextel with T-Mobile USA. Deutsche Telekom has been looking for ways to improve the financial performance of T-Mobile USA, and recently merged its UK and French operations. A combined T-Mobile USA / Sprint Nextel entity would come close to equaling AT&T's 78.2 million customers. Sources did not say how the technology differences between T-Mobile USA (GSM, LTE) and Sprint Nextel (CDMA, WiMAX) would be resolved. All the companies involved declined to comment for the Telegraph story.

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This probably will not happen... Why?	nextel18	Sep 17, 2009, 10:04 PM
Would the FCC even approve such a merger?	stevelvl	Sep 13, 2009, 7:39 PM
Re: Would the FCC even approve such a merger? by BosHawk Sep 13, 2009, 7:42 PM Would the FCC even approve such a merger? I say yes. by ATnT Nokia Sep 13, 2009, 8:36 PM Re: Would the FCC even approve such a merger? I say yes. by Versed Sep 15, 2009, 8:46 PM
Not gonna happen	cellfoneluva	Sep 13, 2009, 9:47 PM
Re: Not gonna happen by stevelvl Sep 13, 2009, 10:02 PM Re: Not gonna happen by Azeron Sep 13, 2009, 10:22 PM Re: Not gonna happen by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 10:59 PM Re: Not gonna happen by BadApple83 Sep 14, 2009, 12:26 AM Re: Not gonna happen by Versed Sep 15, 2009, 8:42 PM
*This is a load of %#&**	Wireless.O.G.	Sep 14, 2009, 12:48 PM
Re: This is a load of %#& by sprintsupport Sep 14, 2009, 1:14 PM Re: This is a load of %#& by PowerUpBeeatch Sep 14, 2009, 6:15 PM Re: This is a load of %#& by Jayshmay Sep 14, 2009, 8:16 PM Re: This is a load of %#& by Mektah Sep 15, 2009, 1:05 AM Re: This is a load of *%#& by BigKippa Sep 14, 2009, 1:22 PM I can tell from your post you do not have much insight into Sprint's Value by Wireless.O.G. Sep 14, 2009, 1:58 PM Re: I can tell from your post you do not have much insight into Sprint's Value by BigKippa Sep 14, 2009, 2:25 PM You can subscribe to your mom by Wireless.O.G. Sep 14, 2009, 2:48 PM (more replies...) Re: I can tell from your post you do not have much insight into Sprint's Value by SS EarlGoodman Sep 14, 2009, 4:17 PM Re: I can tell from your post you do not have much insight into Sprint's Value by cellphonesaretools Sep 14, 2009, 6:12 PM (more replies...) really? by SS EarlGoodman Sep 14, 2009, 4:05 PM
End of WiMax?	RockTripod	Sep 13, 2009, 3:34 PM
Re: End of WiMax? by Slammer Sep 13, 2009, 3:48 PM Re: End of WiMax? by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 8:03 PM Re: End of WiMax? by dave73 Sep 14, 2009, 3:32 AM Re: End of WiMax? by Azeron Sep 13, 2009, 10:38 PM Re: End of WiMax? by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 10:53 PM Re: End of WiMax? by Azeron Sep 14, 2009, 9:45 AM Re: End of WiMax? by Mektah Sep 15, 2009, 1:02 AM
Unexpected!!!!	STEELRIK	Sep 13, 2009, 12:17 PM
Re: Unexpected!!!! by tuminatr Sep 14, 2009, 6:20 PM
New US powerhouse.	justfinethanku	Sep 14, 2009, 3:33 PM
Re: New US powerhouse. by Azeron Sep 14, 2009, 3:48 PM
Alltel would have been a better target.	Jarahawk	Sep 13, 2009, 2:48 PM
Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by stevelvl Sep 13, 2009, 7:24 PM Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 7:39 PM Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by stevelvl Sep 13, 2009, 7:45 PM Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by VDubb Sep 14, 2009, 10:08 AM Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by stevelvl Sep 14, 2009, 10:24 AM Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by VDubb Sep 14, 2009, 11:24 AM (more replies...) Re: Alltel would have been a better target. by lray801 Sep 14, 2009, 11:36 AM
LOL WOW THIS IS FUNNY	ant1171984	Sep 14, 2009, 10:31 AM
Re: LOL WOW THIS IS FUNNY by ant1171984 Sep 14, 2009, 10:46 AM Re: LOL WOW THIS IS FUNNY by lray801 Sep 14, 2009, 10:59 AM Re: LOL WOW THIS IS FUNNY by Cellinovation Sep 14, 2009, 12:59 PM Re: LOL WOW THIS IS FUNNY by Azeron Sep 14, 2009, 2:32 PM
DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint.	ATnT Nokia	Sep 13, 2009, 8:49 PM
Re: DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint. by ATnT Nokia Sep 13, 2009, 8:54 PM Re: DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint. by Azeron Sep 13, 2009, 10:24 PM Re: DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint. by BigKippa Sep 14, 2009, 1:38 PM Re: DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint. by Azeron Sep 14, 2009, 2:26 PM (more replies...) Re: DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint. by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 9:11 PM
Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!"	bluecoyote	Sep 13, 2009, 2:00 PM
Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by Jarahawk Sep 13, 2009, 2:56 PM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by Joshmo Sep 13, 2009, 7:37 PM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by SprintCC Sep 14, 2009, 9:39 AM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by justcallitanight Sep 14, 2009, 10:36 AM (more replies...) Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by Menno Sep 13, 2009, 3:27 PM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by ATnT Nokia Sep 13, 2009, 9:01 PM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 9:08 PM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by SprintCC Sep 14, 2009, 9:49 AM Re: Tell Uncle Fritz "NEIN!" by Azeron Sep 14, 2009, 9:56 AM
Like I said before, Big Moves!	asLeepLessman	Sep 13, 2009, 12:23 PM
Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by BosHawk Sep 13, 2009, 12:37 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by asLeepLessman Sep 13, 2009, 12:45 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by BosHawk Sep 13, 2009, 12:50 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 6:29 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 6:33 PM (more replies...) Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Tmo Slave Sep 13, 2009, 1:17 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Kryger Sep 13, 2009, 3:09 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 6:26 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 4:20 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Tmo Slave Sep 13, 2009, 4:26 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by ForesterGump Sep 13, 2009, 4:31 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Versed Sep 13, 2009, 5:52 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 6:16 PM Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by ibnturab Sep 13, 2009, 6:47 PM (more replies...) Re: Like I said before, Big Moves! by Tmo Slave Sep 14, 2009, 12:29 PM
This was bound to happen.	andy2373	Sep 13, 2009, 12:47 PM
Re: This was bound to happen. by asLeepLessman Sep 13, 2009, 12:56 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by andy2373 Sep 13, 2009, 1:27 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by asLeepLessman Sep 13, 2009, 1:38 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by Kryger Sep 13, 2009, 3:07 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by WMDuchess Sep 13, 2009, 4:03 PM (more replies...) Re: This was bound to happen. by Versed Sep 13, 2009, 3:59 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by Tmo Slave Sep 13, 2009, 4:41 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by Azeron Sep 13, 2009, 6:02 PM (more replies...) Re: This was bound to happen. by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 6:17 PM Re: This was bound to happen. by lray801 Sep 14, 2009, 11:26 AM
This has come up so many times before	ajkenj	Sep 13, 2009, 12:47 PM
Re: This has come up so many times before by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 8:05 PM Re: This has come up so many times before by jeryzkid22 Sep 13, 2009, 8:40 PM
I think its funny	tmcgrady126	Sep 13, 2009, 12:21 PM
Re: I think its funny by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 8:08 PM
what would they call it?	KennyJ19	Sep 13, 2009, 3:03 PM
Re: what would they call it? by Kryger Sep 13, 2009, 3:04 PM Re: what would they call it? by Jarahawk Sep 13, 2009, 3:29 PM Re: what would they call it? by ForesterGump Sep 13, 2009, 4:33 PM Re: what would they call it? by Jayshmay Sep 13, 2009, 8:00 PM

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