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NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc. The acquisition announced ...

Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already ...

It’s easy to get lost in the cacophony of marketing and media hype surrounding Palm Pres, iPhones, app stores and the mobile Web. However, the low-cost, no-hassle prepaid phone market made some noise ...

Acquisition bolsters Sprint s prepaid wireless business.Consolidation hit the wireless world Tuesday as Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) said it agreed to acquire Warren-based Virgin Mobile USA Inc.

$483 million deal closes, brings 5 million customers to Sprint network.Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday it completed its $483 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc., located in Warren.

Sprint Nextel and Virgin Mobile USA have reached an agreement for Sprint to acquire Virgin Mobile for US $483 million, the companies said Tuesday. Hottest tech M&A deals of 2009 The acquisition will ...

Virgin Mobile USA has announced that its U.S. operations will cease in February and customers will be migrated over to Boost Mobile. Dish is acquiring both MVNO networks from Sprint as that company ...

Sprint Nextel Corp. will acquire Virgin Mobile USA for $483 million, the companies reported today. Sprint said the deal will help it strengthen its standing in the prepaid wireless market. Under ...

Networx Enterprise contract holder Sprint Nextel Corp. will acquire prepaid wireless phone provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc. for $483 million. Networx Enterprise contract holder Sprint Nextel Corp. will ...

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Virgin Mobile USA today announced that they have reached an agreement that calls for Sprint to acquire Virgin Mobile for $483 million. The acquisition will strengthen Sprint’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it would buy out Virgin Mobile USA Inc in a deal that values the small wireless carrier at $483 million and pushes Sprint deeper into the ...