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Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) said Friday it intends to work with NTELOS Holdings (NASDAQ:NTLS), a regional provider of wireless communications services, to develop fixed-mobile broadband within territory covered by nTelos.The companies explained that the service will provide nTelos and Dish customers with access to high-speed Internet, particularly in rural communities were Internet service is lacking.NTelos offers wireless services in Virginia and West Virginia, as well as parts of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky."With users consuming more data, the demand for fast, reliable Internet service remains stronger than ever, particularly in rural areas where the FCC estimates nearly a fifth of American households lack broadband access," Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said in a statementErgen added that the proposed service will simultaneously bring mobile and in-home Internet access to rural areas with the "potential to serve as a model for how we can utilize spectrum m...
Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) boosted its offer for the remaining stake in Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) by 14%, averting a shareholder vote Tuesday that was expected to strike d...
Clearwire's (NASDAQ:CLWR) minority shareholders will likely vote down next week a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), pushing the third-largest U.S. wireless c...
The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion...
Proxy adviser Egan-Jones is recommending that Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) shareholders vote for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) agreement to buy the smaller mobile broadband pr...
Proxy advisory firms offered differing views of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) contested bid to take over Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), raising the uncertainty around the May 2...
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. has recommended Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) shareholders vote for the takeover offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. ...
Clearwire Corp shareholders should vote in favor of a proposed acquisition by Sprint Nextel Corp, given a lack of better options to keep the company afloat, influent...
Clearwire Corp shareholders should vote in favor of a proposed acquisition by Sprint Nextel Corp , given a lack of better options to keep the company afloat, influen...
SoftBank Corp. (9984.TO) Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) likely would continue to fund Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), even if Clearwire sharehold...
Dish Network Corp.'s (DISH) first-quarter earnings fell 40% on higher costs while the satellite-television operator's former EchoStar Corp. (SATS) unit posted a 97% ...
Dish Network Corp.'s (DISH) first-quarter earnings fell 40% on higher costs while the satellite-television operator's revenue also fell short of Wall Street expectat...
Dish Network Corp.'s (DISH) first-quarter earnings fell 40% on higher costs while the satellite-television operator's revenue also fell short of Wall Street expectat...
In an unusual concession that highlights security jitters about China, the U.S. government will be allowed to approve a "security" director at Sprint (NYSE:S) if the...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) hasn't had "substantive discussions" with Dish Network Corp. (DISH) since last month, according to a regulatory filing that comes as Clearwire...
Clearwire's (NADSAQ:CLWR) board recommended shareholders vote in favor of an increased off from Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) on Wednesday a day after the carrier sweetened...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said a special committee of directors approved Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) raised offer for the wireless broadband provider and recommended shar...
Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share on Tuesday under pressure from activist shareholders, but ...
FBN's Diane Macedo breaks down late-morning market news.
Sprint Nextel Corp. increased its offer on Tuesday for the remaining stake in Clearwire Corp. that it does not already own. Sprint offered to buy the remaining 50% s...
