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Sprint shareholders vote for SoftBank’s $21.6-bn deal
26 Jun 2013
About 98 per cent of Sprint shareholders voted in favour of the $21.6-billion deal, which would give SoftBank 78 per cent ownership of the third-largest US telecommunications company
Hutchison Whampoa acquires Telefonica’s Irish business for €780 mn
25 Jun 2013
Through the acquisition Hutchison's subsidiary Three aims to become the number one operator in the Irish mobile market with it business plans to invest strongly in creating a state of the art network
Vodafone offers $10.1 bn for Germany's Kabel Deutschland
24 Jun 2013
The acquisition will enable Vodafone to add 8.5 million fixed line subscribers to its mobile offerings and expand its services in digital, high definition and analog TV, Pay TV and DVR offerings, Video on Demand and broadband services
Bangalore's redBus sold to South Africa's Ibibo in one of India's biggest overseas internet deals
22 Jun 2013
Sprint Nextel raises bid for Clearwire by 47 %
22 Jun 2013
Clearwire is the fifth-largest wireless operator in the US providing high-speed mobile internet and residential internet access services to 88 markets in the country covering 134 million subscribers, a majority of which are Sprint subscribers
Yahoo! completes acquisition of Tumblr
21 Jun 2013
US, EU approve Delta-Virgin Atlantic merger
21 Jun 2013
Stratasys to acquire smaller 3D printer rival MakerBot in $604 mn deal
20 Jun 2013
The MakerBot Replicator printer is an ideal machine for making true-to-life replicas, high-resolution models, functioning prototypes, visual aids, among others
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