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  Clearwire board agrees to Sprint's $2.2 billion offer

  Sprint Nextel will spend US$2.2 billion to take complete ownership of Clearwire, a move that will help it expand its network capacity.

  By Grant Gross | 17 December, 2012 15:08

  Tags: business issues, telecommunication, Erik Prusch, comcast, mobile, Clearwire, Mergers and acquisitions, Jeff Kagan, Verizon Wireless, Joseph Euteneuer, 4g, 3g, at&t, Bright House Networks, sprint nextel, intel

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  DOJ to review Verizon spectrum purchase

  The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a proposed US$3.6 billion spectrum purchase by Verizon Wireless, a spokeswoman there said Tuesday.

  By Grant Gross | 21 December, 2011 09:02

  Tags: antitrust, telecommunication, regulation, comcast, mobile, Mergers and acquisitions, Verizon Wireless, 4g, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications, legal, SpectrumCo, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, government, Matt Wood, U.S. Department of Justice, business issues, free press

• Verizon devours more spectrum with Cox deal

  While AT&T's attempts to acquire T-Mobile are stuck in limbo, rival Verizon has been quietly gobbling up spectrum from cable companies like Cox Communications, which today sold Verizon $315 million in licenses for 20MHz of its Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum.

  By Brad Reed | 17 December, 2011 08:37

  Tags: lte, telecommunication, Networking, AWS, verizon, time warner, wireless, comcast, wireless spectrum, Advanced Wireless Services, Verizon Wireless, 4g, Bright House Networks, Time Warner Cable, at&t, Cox Communications, spectrum deficit, mobile spectrum

• Cable group to sell spectrum to Verizon for $3.6 billion

  SpectrumCo, a joint venture among Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, has agreed to sell mobile spectrum licenses covering 259 million U.S. residents to Verizon Wireless for US$3.6 billion, the companies announced Friday.

  By Grant Gross | 03 December, 2011 01:39

  Tags: business issues, Dan Mead, telecommunication, comcast, mobile, T-Mobile USA, Jeff Kagan, 4g, 3g, Bright House Networks, Time Warner Cable, at&t, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, SpectrumCo