Law360, New York (November 5, 2008, 12:00 AM EST) -- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has cleared both Verizon Wireless’ $28 billion deal to take over Alltel Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp.’s $14.5 billion plan to form a joint venture with Clearwire Corp.
The FCC signed off on the two major wireless deals on Tuesday, paving the way for Verizon to surpass AT&T Inc. as the largest mobile service in the United States and for a Sprint-Clearwire venture to create a fast wireless network with financial backing from equity partners, including Comcast Corp., Google Inc. and...
FCC OKs Verizon-Alltel, Sprint-Clearwire Deals
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