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Business
Dell’s Gearing Up To Buy Something Big, But What?
10:21PM John Herrman | Recently, Dell’s been doing all the things that a major company does when getting ready to make a big acquisition, like building up cash reserves, selling bonds, and, well, talking about it, at least internally. The only question now is, what do they want? Is it a hardware company, maybe to break into the mobile space, or, as the WSJ boringly insinuates, a “data-storage and tech-services business.” [WSJ]
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9:30AM Nick Broughall | This one came through Friday afternoon after beer o’clock, but it looks like that Vodafone merger with Three here in Australia is going to go ahead, after the ACCC did the fatherly thing and gave the companies its blessing. So now the two companies want to finalise everything within the next two weeks. More »
ACCC Not Going To Stop Vodafone And Three Merger
9:30AM Nick Broughall | This one came through Friday afternoon after beer o’clock, but it looks like that Vodafone merger with Three here in Australia is going to go ahead, after the ACCC did the fatherly thing and gave the companies its blessing. So now the two companies want to finalise everything within the next two weeks. More »
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1:12PM Nick Broughall | Stick this one firmly in the rumour file, but at yesterday’s Skype event, a 3 representative sort of mentioned that they were expecting an announcement on the Voda/Three merger on Friday. Guess we’ll see if it actually happens tomorrow…
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Big Three/Vodafone Merger Announcement Tomorrow?
1:12PM Nick Broughall | Stick this one firmly in the rumour file, but at yesterday’s Skype event, a 3 representative sort of mentioned that they were expecting an announcement on the Voda/Three merger on Friday. Guess we’ll see if it actually happens tomorrow…
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3:30PM Nick Broughall | Vodafone and Three held a conference call today to offer answers to questions about the new joint venture. The biggest thing you should know is that for the most part, a lot of the finer details are still yet to be worked out. More »
More Info On The Vodafone And Three Merger
3:30PM Nick Broughall | Vodafone and Three held a conference call today to offer answers to questions about the new joint venture. The biggest thing you should know is that for the most part, a lot of the finer details are still yet to be worked out. More »
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Verizon Wireless Completes Merger With Alltel: Now the Nation’s Largest Carrier
3:10AM Sean Fallon | It has been in the works for months, but Verizon and Alltel have finally consummated their relationship—making Verizon the nation’s largest wireless carrier with nearly 83.7 million subscribers. More »
Press
Virgin Mobile and Helio Merger Complete
2:00PM Matt Hickey | Virgin Mobile today finished its acquisition of nerd fave Helio. The deal was finished today with US$38 stock transaction to EarthLink and SK Telecom. This means that Virgin is hands down the largest MVNO in America, and it also means it could expand even more sing it can now offer both pre-paid and post-paid plans as well as the high-end devices from Helio. But the question remains: Will it be able to make money? [Press Release] More »
Online
Sirius-XM Merger is FINALLY Approved
10:52AM Adrian Covert | The Sirius-XM Merger was finally approved by the FCC today following a 3-2 vote by the commission. The final and deciding vote only came after both parties agreed to pay a US$19.7 million fine for violating FCC regulations. After 16 months of MTV-esque “drama” and gnashing of teeth, the US$3.6 billion merger means that subscribers of both services will now get the best of both worlds. [SF Gate] More »
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XM-Sirius Merger Comes Down To One Woman’s Vote
5:05AM John Mahoney | And here she is. After FCC chair Johnathan Adelstein withdrew his support today, the vote is now deadlocked and awaiting the yea or nay from Deborah Taylor, a Republican who is thought to be in favour of the merger. Something tells me a large batch of high-end satellite radio gear is now being priority overnighted to Taylor’s office to ply for her support. More »
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Virgin Mobile to Buy Helio, Kill It, Consume It
10:58PM Mark Wilson | It appears that the rumours were right, kinda fake telecom provider Virgin Mobile will buy kinda fake telecom provider Helio. Once the acquisition is complete, Virgin Mobile will consume Helio and hopefully become stronger from the nourishment, but the trendy Helio logo will be gone forever. Since both companies run on Sprint’s network, it shouldn’t be that big a deal from a technical “will my phone still work??” standpoint. Although Helio was extremely progressive in features and pioneered “all in” plans. We don’t know if Virgin is interested in giving users the world like Helio did in the financially challenging MVNO space. [Yahoo and Electronista] More »
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