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FCC Approves Sprint-Nextel Merger

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the go-for-launch dept.

Luke writes "Sprint and Nextel received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to merge to form the number three wireless company on Wednesday. FCC commissioners gave the companies unanimous support for the merger. The companies, which announced the merger on Dec. 14, 2004, expect to finalize the merger soon."

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  1. Yaaaay!! by xigxag · · Score: 5, Funny

    As we usher in a new era of reduced costs and consumer savings!!!!1!1

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  2. The two worst. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the shittiness of Nextel and Sprint will cancel eachother out?

    Ugh. Just what we need. This is like when your huge, fat, impotent, blubbering idiot of a third cousin marries your bitchy, chain-smoking, slut of a first cousin. Nothing can result from the union except terrible, retarded things.