Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: Sprint's iPCS Acquisition Approved

James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Sprint's iPCS Acquisition Approved

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S - News), the third-largest US wireless carrier, has received all regulatory approvals for the impending acquisition of its wireless affiliate iPCS Inc (NasdaqGS: IPCS - News). The US telecom regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Public Service Commission of West Virginia have reportedly approved the transaction, which is now expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009.