Softbank to purchase 70% stake in Sprint: reports

Softbank to purchase 70% stake in Sprint: reports

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a retail outlet of Sprint Nextel Corp. in New York on Oct. 12, 2012. U.S. media reported on Oct. 14, 2012, that Japan's Softbank Corp. and Sprint Nextel have reached a deal under which Japan's third-largest mobile phone carrier will pay $20 billion to acquire a 70 percent stake in the third-largest U.S. cellular phone company.

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