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By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp

By Zvi Bar:According to the Nikkei newspaper, Softbank Corp (SFTBF) and (SFTBY), Japan's third largest mobile phone company, is in talks to buy a controlling stake of Sprint Nextel (S) for more than 1 trillion yen, or about $12.8 billion. Softbank replied to certain media coverage by stating that:

Japanese mobile phone operator Softbank is set to spend $20bn (£12.4bn) to buy a 70% stake in the US mobile carrier Sprint Nextel.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Corp is in talks to buy more than two-thirds of U.S.-based telecoms company Sprint Nextel Corp , Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

By Dividend Kings:One of the biggest deals in recent times was announced in October when SoftBank (SFTBF.PK) revealed a complex $20.1 billion deal to acquire majority control of Sprint Nextel (S).

(TOKYO) — Tokyo-based mobile phone company Softbank Corp. has reached a deal to acquire 70 percent of U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel for $20.1 billion in the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.

Japanese mobile phone company Softbank has announced it has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel for $20 billion. The deal would make Sprint Nextel a tougher competitor against its bigger vivals, Verizon Wireless and AT&T.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us