Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
October 15, 2012 12:07 pm GMT

Softbank Confirms It Is Buying 70% Of Sprint For $20.1B, Creating Worlds Third Largest Mobile Carrier By Sales

softbank-logoSoftbank has confirmed the news that it is buying Sprint, the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., for $20.1 billion (1.571 trillion). In fact, this is turning out to be full acquisition of what Softbank is calling "New Sprint.": "As a result of the transaction SOFTBANK will ownapproximately 70% of the fully-diluted (as used herein, not giving effect to out-of-the-money options)shares of New Sprint (as defined below), which will own 100% of the shares of Sprint." Softbank says that the combined company will be the world's third largest in terms of revenues.

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/CicbMCB89bQ/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Techcrunch

TechCrunch is a leading technology blog, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

More About this Source Visit Techcrunch