Japan's benchmark Nikkei index soared to a one-week high on Wednesday, underpinned by continued weakness in the yen and optimism about the Federal Reserve's policy decision.
Jim Moorman, telecom analyst at S&P Capital IQ, comments on the latest development in the Dish/Sprint race for Clearwire.
Oliver Matthew, Senior Research Analyst at CLSA discusses the battle of bids over Sprint and Clearwire. He thinks Softbank will come out well out of these negotiations.
Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son now appears highly confident about winning the bidding war with Dish network. One factor that's worked in Son's favor was a contingency plan he had up his sleeve. The Nikkei's Nozomu Kitadai has more.
Ajay Sunder, senior director of Asia Pacific Telecoms at Frost & Sullivan, explains why the new deal between Sprint and Softbank is "definitely better" for Sprint.
A couple of days after unveiling an alternative plan to buy T-Mobile, Japanese wireless giant Softbank finally proposed a revised plan for the Sprint deal, raising its offer to $21.6 billion. The Nikkei's Sachiko Kishida has more.
Softbank is hoping its $20 billion bid for Sprint will be approved by the it's shareholders. But since U.S. satellite TV company Dish made a higher counteroffer, things have been looking increasingly unclear. The Nikkei's Makiko Utsuda reports.