Sprint's $35 billion bid to acquire Nextel challenges opponents

Thursday, December 16, 2004

NEW YORK -- Sprint Corp.'s $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. could challenge Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless for supremacy in a ruthlessly competitive business where prices are constantly dropping.

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