The telecom world reeled in shock Sunday afternoon, as AT&T Inc. shattered the weekend calm with news it would be buying T-Mobile USA Inc. from Deutsche Telekom AG for a cool $39 billion. The boards of both firms are said to have green-lighted the deal, meaning it’s now only up to the U.S. government to decide whether the two giants can merge within the year to form North America’s largest carrier.
In a shock move, AT&T Inc. has announced a $39 billion cash-and-stock transaction buyout of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in what could create the largest GSM conglomerate in the world. The deal would also make AT&T Inc. the largest operator in the U.S. by far.
Jobs in the computer and electronics products sector continued to trend upward in February, according to information released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
As many people nurse their hangovers after a day of Saint Patrick's day excess, it's sobering to remember that the little Emerald isle is not just an excuse for a Guinness, but a veritable tech hub of innovation and scientific prowess, which rivals and even surpasses many much larger, richer nations.
Business News Americas | March 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Emerging markets will be the biggest growth opportunity for US chipset maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM)...
Pace | March 17, 2011 | Press Release
SALTAIRE, England, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Pace set to help NET's Transition to Advanced Digital Services;Partnership...
Business News Americas | March 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Certain countries in the Caribbean are implementing an advanced communications system called Common Alerting Protocols...
ITU | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
Re-establishing communications vital for search and rescue in tsunami-affected areas
Geneva, 16 March 2011 — ITU has dispatched...
Baraka Telecom | March 18, 2011 | Press Release
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MMD Newswire) March 18, 2011 -- Baraka Telecom (www.barakatelecom.com), the first dedicated Mobile...
Just short of a year after announcing its intentions, CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) received Federal Communications Commission approval for its acquisition of Qwest Communications International...
Henkels & McCoy NetWorks, a national wireless networking infrastructure design and integration firm based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., announced that the company has chosen...
Funambol, the mobile cloud company, announced the introduction of two new price plans for the myFUNAMBOL mobile cloud service, which allow users to upgrade...
AUSTIN, Texas-Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor (Freescale) and Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced this week that the catastrophic earthquake in Japan has...
American Banking News | March 16, 2011
Equities research analysts at Standpoint Research upgraded shares of Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) from a “hold” rating to...
