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MetroPCS Holders Approve T-Mobile Takeover

Nathalie Tadena, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 24 at 8:57 am PT

T-Mobile agreed last year to merge with MetroPCS, creating a publicly traded company of which Deutsche Telekom would own 74%.

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MetroPCS Board Backs Deutsche Telekom’s Improved Offer

Saabira Chaudhuri, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 15 at 12:13 pm PT

MetroPCS Communications Inc. said its board has unanimously approved the amended terms of its proposed merger agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA Inc.

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MetroPCS Holders Urged to Vote Against Merger

Joann S. Lublin and Sharon Terlep, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 28 at 4:00 am PT

A prominent proxy adviser said MetroPCS Communications Inc. shareholders should vote against a merger with Deutsche Telekom AG unit T-Mobile USA, saying they would receive an unfair split of the combined company and would do fine owning shares of a stand-alone carrier.

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MetroPCS CEO: Softbank Deal Complicates Any Sprint Bid

Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on December 6, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

MetroPCS Communications Inc. Chief Executive Roger Linquist said the timing of Sprint Nextel Corp’s pending deal to sell a 70 percent stake to Softbank “certainly could be” problematic if Sprint wants to make an offer for MetroPCS.

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Dish Made Bid for MetroPCS Before T-Mobile Deal

Shalini Ramachandran, Spencer E. Ante and Thomas Gryta, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on November 17, 2012 at 4:27 am PT

Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen made a bid to acquire MetroPCS in August for about $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign that the executive has pursued serious steps to enter the wireless business.

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MetroPCS Due to Dial Up the Details on T-Mobile Deal

Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on November 15, 2012 at 10:54 am PT

It’s been a quiet couple of weeks for telecom junkies after a flurry of activity last month. But another fix is coming, as soon as this week.

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T-Mobile Quietly Removes iPhone Image From Marketing Campaign

Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 10, 2012 at 4:12 pm PT

Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile has removed the image of Apple Inc.’s iPhone one month into a marketing campaign that encourages people to bring their unlocked iPhone to the carrier.

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Deutsche Telekom, MetroPCS Boards Back T-Mobile Deal

Anton Troianovski and Archibald Preuschat, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 3, 2012 at 5:34 am PT

The boards of Deutsche Telekom AG and MetroPCS Communications Inc. have approved a deal to merge MetroPCS with the German operator’s U.S. subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a deal that would give the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier more scale as it tries to compete with the industry’s leaders.

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Verizon Confirms Plan for Nokia Partnership

John D. Stoll, Sven Grundberg and Ben Rooney, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on September 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm PT

Verizon Wireless confirmed it plans to work with Nokia Corp., a move that is likely to eventually involve selling the Finnish handset maker’s line of Windows 8 smartphones.

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Justice Department Clears Verizon Spectrum Deal, Requires Changes

Brent Kendall, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 16, 2012 at 2:33 pm PT

The Justice Department on Thursday granted antitrust clearance to Verizon Wireless’s $3.9 billion deal to acquire airwaves from several cable companies including Comcast Corp., but it required the companies to make changes to their side agreements to sell each other’s services.