TOKYO, April 16- Masayoshi Son, billionaire founder of Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp, is expected to stay in the battle for U.S. wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp- even though he could walk away with more than $3.5 billion in gains from currency hedging, a convertible bond and break-up fee.
TOKYO, April 16- Masayoshi Son, billionaire founder of Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp, is expected to stay in the battle for U.S. wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp- even though he could walk away with more than $3.5 billion in gains from currency hedging, a convertible bond and break-up fee.
April 15- Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, on Monday offered to buy wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could inspire other telecommunications or video companies to consider their own prospects of combining.
*Deutsche Tel sweetens T-Mobile USA deal for MetroPCS. The German group's T-Mobile USA unit lacks the critical mass to take on bigger U.S. rivals Verizon, AT&T and Sprint and has been losing market share.