Softbank-Sprint: U.S. wireless consolidation or just a land grab?
Softbank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son
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It’s not exactly clear what’s behind Softbank’s tentative proposal to acquire control of Sprint. But that hasn’t stopped lots of folks from trying to make sense of a cross-Pacific deal that hasn’t even been formally struck yet.
At least the outline of a possible transaction is coming into focus. According to The Wall Street Journal, Softbank — which zoomed to success in the Japanese market thanks to a years-long exclusive on the iPhone — would pony up as much as $12.8 billion to acquire a roughly 70 percent stake in…
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