May 5, 2008 - Deutsche Telekom may bid for Sprint

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May 5, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Deutsche Telekom may bid for Sprint T-Mobile's parent, Deutsche Telekom, reportedly is considering a move to acquire Sprint Nextel, people close to the matter say, although they emphasized that no formal offer had been put forth for the carrier. If such a deal came to fruition, T-Mobile USA would catapult from the No. 4 position to the top carrier spot in terms of subscribers in the U.S., at 81 million. Neither company is commenting on the report. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (5/5) , The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (5/5) , International Herald Tribune (5/5)   Business & Industry Watch  Telecom M&A activity heats up in Europe Fueled in part by moves made by Deutsche Telekom in Greece and France Telecom in Sweden, Europe is becoming a consolidation hotbed, according to this analysis. "The large incumbents seem to have worked up quite an appetite for smaller incumbents lately," said Neil Rickard, vice president in the telecoms practice of research firm Gartner. MarketWatch (5/2) Motorola's Brown to go before shareholders tonight Greg Brown, Motorola's newly minted chief executive officer, will meet with shareholders tonight for the first time and will try to shore up confidence in his long-term strategy and the company's future. One hot topic that Brown is expected to address is when Motorola will split into two separate companies, which was announced in March. Brown told the Tribune, "2009 is an appropriate estimate." Chicago Tribune (free registration) (5/4) Microsoft gives up on Yahoo! bid Yahoo! co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang rejected an acquisition bid from Microsoft valued at $33 per share, or about $47.5 billion. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer then pronounced defunct the company's months-long charge to acquire the Web portal. In a letter to Yang made public in news accounts, Ballmer indicated that he would not stage a proxy battle to gain control of the company. The New York Times (5/4) , The Wall Street Journal (free content) (5/5) What's next for Yahoo!: Many observers feel that Yahoo!'s share price will drop in the absence of an active acquisition bid by Microsoft. The Web portal is still facing the same problems it had before the Microsoft bid, analysts note, and it remains to be seen whether it can improve its fortunes via a search-ad partnership with rival Google, a deal with AOL or internal improvements. The New York Times (5/5) Other News Report: Telecom restructuring to shift China Unicom chairman to China Mobile CEO Forbes/Thomson Financial News (5/4) USTelecom Spotlight Is UC the ultimate outcome of convergence? Find out at NXTcomm08 At NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas on June 17, a panel of industry experts will define Unified Communications (UC), delve into what a UC road map is, review the impact of social networking and convergence, address issues in UC integration and the roles that integrators and service providers can provide, and discuss how UC can lead to a lower total cost of ownership. Register today! Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Hot Topics    Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week. Windstream lets out throttle on broadband net (TeleGeography Research) Verizon reports video, wireless growth (Forbes) Time Warner to spin off Time Warner Cable (Bloomberg) CenturyTel gets a boost from broadband (Reuters) BT plans telepresence launch (Light Reading) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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