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"The merger between Sprint and Nextel is the best thing that happens to Next Mobile and its customers using its branded IMX mobile phones," Next Mobile Inc. (NMI) president and CEO Mel Velarde said. 


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This will be done via the swap of NMI shares held by NMI shareholders (constituting a 97-percent ownership in NMI) with primary shares to be issued by PEP (constituting 96.2 percent of PEP), NMI president and CEO Mel Velarde said.


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                    [Summary] => Trunk radio operator Nextel Communications Philippines Inc. (NCPI’s) expansion programs gained another milestone, following the activation recently of another cellsite inside the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga.


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Nextel Communications Philippines Inc., the local distributor of Nextel trunk
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expressed concern over the capability of Nextel trunk radios to access other
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Bayan nixes entry of new player in telecom sector

March 2, 2010 - 12:00am

Lopez-owned Bayan Telecommunications has opposed the proposed entry of a newcomer in the telecommunications industry, arguing that the sector is already congested.

Business

Next Mobile to benefit greatly from merger of US telcos Sprint, Nextel

December 19, 2004 - 12:00am

Philippine wireless mobile operator Next Mobile (formerly Nextel Communications Philippines Inc.) expects to benefit greatly, both in terms of increased subscriber base and a wider-reaching technology, from the recent...

Business

Next Mobile sets ‘back-door’ listing through PEP

August 8, 2004 - 12:00am

Shareholders of leading digital trunk radio operator Next Mobile Inc. (NMI) have signed an agreement with publicly listed Premiere Entertainment Productions Inc. (PEP) for the "back-door" listing of NMI...

Business

Nextel boosts Subic-Clark alliance

December 2, 2001 - 12:00am

Trunk radio operator Nextel Communications Philippines Inc. (NCPI’s) expansion programs gained another milestone, following the activation recently of another cellsite inside the Clark Special Economic Zone...

Business

Nextel welcomes congressional inquiry

May 24, 2000 - 12:00am

Nextel Communications Philippines Inc., the local distributor of Nextel trunk radio service, said yesterday it welcomes a proposed congressional inquiry on the real nature of this product "to finally put the...

Business