Da ist wohl schon etwas bei Bloomberg durchgesickert. Also morgen scheint ja ein Deal über die Bühne zu gehen mit MetroPCS Communications. Dabei soll es auch einen strategischen Aktientausch geben. MetroPCS Aktien sprangen nach der Meldung genauso an wie die Aktien der Telekom. 16:21 - 02.10.2012 - Deutsche Telekom Said to Near Deal With MetroPCS in U.S. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-10-02/deutsche-telekom-said-to-near-deal-with-metropcs-in-u-s-.html Oct 2, 2012 Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is nearing a transaction with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) to increase the scale of its T-Mobile USA division, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board is scheduled to meet in Bonn tomorrow to approve a deal, which will involve multiple steps and possibly a share swap, and the German company may make an announcement as early as the same day, the people said, asking not to be identified because the plan is confidential. ;) Deutsche Telekom has been considering a stock-swap deal with MetroPCS to would give Europe’s second-largest phone company control over the combined U.S. entity, which would be publicly listed, people familiar with the matter said in May. T- Mobile USA, with 33.2 million customers at the end of June, or a third of market leaders Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. (T), is seeking to boost its customer base to better compete with the largest rivals. Shares of MetroPCS jumped as much as 23 percent and were up 18 percent at $13.64 as of 10:30 a.m. in New York, giving the company a market value of $4.9 billion. Deutsche Telekom climbed 1.4 percent on the Frankfurt exchange, after surging as much as 4.4 percent. The former Germany phone monopoly has a market value of 42.1 billion euros ($54.4 billion). A Deutsche Telekom official didn’t immediately return phone calls seeking comment. A combination with Richardson, Texas-based MetroPCS would give T-Mobile USA, with its headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, an additional 9.3 million prepaid customers. AT&T failed to take over T-Mobile USA last year for $39 billion amid opposition by regulators. In the past two weeks, Deutsche Telekom named John Legere, the former chief executive officer of Global Crossing Ltd., to head the U.S. division and agreed to sell the rights to operate T-Mobile USA’s cellular towers for $2.4 billion. T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, has lost 2.76 million contract customers, or more than 10 percent of its subscriber base, in the eight quarters through June. The company, which doesn’t have the right to sell Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone, has positioned itself as a more affordable alternative to Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)
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