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White House review reportedly uncovers no evidence of Huawei spying

News Earlier this month, a report from the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee claimed that Huawei and ZTE posed a threat to this country's security, but now it looks like at least one of those firms may be in the clear....

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MetroPCS shareholders file suit over merger with T-Mobile

News T-Mobile and MetroPCS announced in early October that they'd reached a merger agreement and that, pending regulatory and MetroPCS shareholder approval, the deal would likely close in the first half of 2013. It appears that the agreement...

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SoftBank to buy 70 percent stake in Sprint for $20.1 billion

News Less than a week after reports began circulating about a possible deal between Japanese carrier SoftBank and Sprint, an agreement between the two companies has been reached. It was announced this morning that SoftBank will invest $20.1...

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Japanese carrier SoftBank allegedly paying $20 billion for 70 percent stake in Sprint

News Just a few days after we learned that Japanese carrier SoftBank was in talks to make a "substantial investment" in Sprint, a new report has surfaced claiming that an agreement has been reached. Sources speaking to CNBC claim that the deal...

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Japanese operator SoftBank said to be in talks to acquire Sprint [UPDATED]

News It looks like October could be the month of big carrier deals. A little over a week after T-Mobile and MetroPCS agreed to a deal that'll see the two operators merge, new reports are claiming this morning that Japanese carrier SoftBank is...

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Sprint reportedly waiting to see Deutsche Telekom filing before making MetroPCS counter bid

News Last week, a rumor claimed that Sprint may be planning to make a counter bid for MetroPCS in an attempt to snatch the carrier away from its merger with T-Mobile. Now it looks like Hesse and Co. may be backing off, at least for the time...

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Huawei and ZTE pose threat to U.S. security, says Intelligence Committee report

News A draft report created by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has named both Huawei and ZTE as potential security threats and recommends that both companies be blocked from the U.S. market. The report has been crafted...

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Sprint rumored to be considering counter offer for MetroPCS

News Yesterday Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS announced that they had agreed to a deal that'd merge MetroPCS and T-Mobile here in the U.S. MetroPCS had been the subject of merger rumors several times before, with one report claiming that Sprint...

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T-Mobile and MetroPCS detail merger benefits and plans to switch MetroPCS CDMA network to HSPA+, LTE

News Shortly after the deal that'll see T-Mobile and MetroPCS merged into one company was made official, the two carriers came together to talk about what the future holds for the combined T-Metro. One of the biggest tidbits of news from the...

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Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS boards approve deal involving T-Mobile [UPDATED]

News Yesterday both Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS confirmed that they were in talks to merge MetroPCS and T-Mobile, and while both companies made sure to say that there was no certainty that an actual deal would result from the discussions, it...

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Motorola decides to drop ITC complaint against Apple

Android Well, this is surprising. Back in mid-August, Motorola filed a complaint against Apple with the International Trade Commission, claiming that the Cupertino firm had violated seven of its patents with devices like the iPhone, iPad and Mac...

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Deutsche Telekom purportedly close to deal with MetroPCS [UPDATED]

News The rumors of T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom entering into a deal with MetroPCS are back again. Today's report comes to us from Bloomberg, which claims to have been told by "people with knowledge of the matter" that Deutsche Telekom is...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction lifted, Samsung files request to add iPhone 5 to Apple suit

Android The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1's successor may have already been released here in the U.S., but that hasn't stopped Samsung from trying to get the injunction on the device lifted in recent months. Today Samsung finally got its wish, as Judge...

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MetroPCS rumored to be in merger talks with Dish, Sprint and T-Mobile

News After rumors of a possible tie-up between T-Mobile and MetroPCS or Sprint and Metro began rumbling earlier this year, those claims have surfaced once again, now with an additional company thrown into the mix. According to a source speaking...

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Apple seeks another $707 million in damages, permanent injunctions in Samsung case

Android The jury in the trial between Apple and Samsung may have issued its verdict in August, but that doesn't mean that the case is through just yet. Apple filed a motion late last evening seeking an additional $707 million in damages, Reuters...

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Samsung intends to add iPhone 5 to patent lawsuit against Apple

Ios The iPhone 5 isn't set to go on sale until tomorrow morning, but that hasn't stopped Samsung from telling a court that it'll probably target the new device in one of its patent lawsuits involving Apple. Samsung filed a document with a San...

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T-Mobile names John Legere as its new CEO

News It was nearly three months ago when T-Mobile announced that its then-CEO Philip Humm would be resigning, but it looks like the carrier has finally found a replacement. T-Mobile today named John Legere as its new CEO, a move that'll take...

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AT&T to be hit with FCC complaint over FaceTime decision

Ios There's been quite a brewhaha going on with AT&T and iOS 6's ability to make FaceTime calls over a cellular connection, with the big blue carrier announcing that only customers on its new Mobile Share plans will be able to use the feature....

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ITC judge rules that Apple didn't violate Samsung patents

Ios It's been somewhat quiet on the Apple-Samsung legal battlefront ever since a California jury handed down its verdict in a trial between the two companies late last month. Today we've got another case to talk about, though, as Reuters notes...

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Apple adds more devices to Samsung patent lawsuit, Galaxy S III included

Android Just a week after we got a verdict in one Apple v. Samsung case, another legal battle between the two companies is starting to heat up. Earlier today, Apple added more Samsung-made handsets to a suit that it originally filed back in...

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