Softbank in talks to buy Sprint Nextel

One of the largest operators in Japan, the company Softbank, is negotiating the purchase of U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel. This was reported by news agency Bloomberg, citing two independent anonymous sources that are close to the negotiating parties. According to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, the company Softbank is ready to spend on purchasing of more than 1.9 trillion yen, or more than $ 19 billion, but what is the real value of the deal is unknown. operator Softbank may hatch plans to move into the North American market, and in this respect for It is important precisely Sprint, for several reasons. Both companies use equipment produced by Ericsson AB and compatible with each other, besides shopping spree existing operator will remove the creation of the network across the U.S. - Sprint already has such, albeit not the best finish. Negative thing to buy is a deal between Apple and Sprint, for 4 years, it will require a payment of nearly $ 20 billion. The agreement was signed last year with the acquisition of the company for sales of smartphones iPhone 4S. should be noted that the purchase of a controlling stake in the U.S. operator will not be the first to market. Among the big players only AT & T is a completely American company, 45% of Verizon Wireless Vodafone owns an international consortium with headquarters in the UK, and T-Mobile USA is owned by Deutsche Telecom.