Craig McCaw

Craig McCaw News

  • Sprint Wins Over Clearwire Board With Sweetened Bid

    Clearwire Corp.’s board agreed to a sweetened, $2.97-a-share takeover bid from its wireless partner Sprint Nextel Corp., which is now offering $2.2 billion to acquire the portion of the company it doesn’t already own.

  • Clearwire Mount Kellett Investor Spurns Sprint Offer

    Clearwire Corp. investor Mount Kellett Capital Management LP said Sprint Nextel Corp.’s $2.90- a-share offer to buy out the wireless-network company “grossly” undervalues its assets, including its airwaves.

  • Sprint Offers to Buy Rest of Clearwire

    Sprint Nextel Corp. offered to acquire all of Clearwire Corp. in a $2.1 billion deal, ending a four-year joint venture that struggled to build a nationwide network capable of challenging Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc.

  • Clearwire Buyout by Sprint Seen Best For Owners: Real M&A

    The best escape for shareholders of Clearwire Corp., a stock whipsawed more than any other in the Russell 1000 Index, would be locking in a bid from Sprint Nextel Corp., even at $3 a share.

  • Sprint to Buy McCaw’s Stake in Clearwire Before Softbank

    Sprint Nextel Corp., the company that agreed to sell 70 percent of itself to Softbank Corp., plans to acquire telecom pioneer Craig McCaw’s stake in Clearwire Corp., gaining a majority of the wireless carrier.

  • Billionaire McCaw Puts Latest Mobile Bet on Profitless 4G

    Craig McCaw ’s quest to dominate the emerging era of fourth generation, or 4G, wireless networks began in a Maryland basement office back in 2003. There, McCaw’s representatives met with Rudy Geist, a lawyer with one client, a Spanish-language broadcaster that happened to be the largest licensee of the 2.5-gigahertz frequency of radio spectrum.

  • Clearwire’s Craig McCaw Plans to Retire as Chairman

    Clearwire Corp., a company creating a nationwide high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology, said Chairman Craig McCaw will step down today.

  • Sprint CEO Hesse May Buy More Strategic Clearwire Stakes

    Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Dan Hesse said he may seek to buy out corporate investors in wireless venture Clearwire Corp. at the right price.

  • Falcone Loses Touch Borrowing From Funds Denying Investors Cash

    Philip Falcone left his hometown of Chisholm in northern Minnesota’s rusting Iron Range in 1980 in the passenger seat of a 12-year-old Mercury Cougar that cost $150.

  • From Subprime to Satellites

    Phil Falcone, founder of Harbinger Capital Partners, has made and lost billions with bets on mortgages and iron mines. Now, in a bid to build a new broadband network, he’s blasting investors money into space.

Advertisement
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
Curation software by Lingospot