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Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Intel & Google Create High-Speed Wireless Venture
This is significant news, IMO.
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Sprint Nextel Corp. announced a $12 billion joint venture for high-speed wireless service with Clearwire Corp. on Wednesday.
The deal received final investor approval Tuesday, but it still needs regulatory approval.
The agreement creates a new company that would use the Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) name and offer traditional voice service plus wireless broadband access. The new company has raised $3.2 billion in outside financing, including $1.05 billion from Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA), $1 billion from Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), $550 million from Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC), $500 million from Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) and $100 million from Bright House Networks. Clearwire was founded by wireless pioneer Craig McCaw.
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) would have majority ownership, but Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse gave Clearwire the operational helm because some involved in the deal worried that Sprint could hinder the new company from competing for Sprint customers.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/05/05/daily20.html
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