Battle for Enel's Wind unit heats up

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Wind, subsidiary of Enel S.p.A., valued at approximately $12 billion Euros (including debt) is up for acquisition. Both the Blackstone Group L.P. and Weather Investments are bidding for the Italian telecommunications unit. Wind is the third largest cellular phone operator in Italy.

Italy, Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Investment Banking, Security brokers and dealers, Investment banks, Company acquisition/merger, Wireless telecommunications service, Blackstone Group L.P.

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Verizon Wireless agrees to purchase a unit of price

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Verizon Wireless has reached an agreement to acquire Price Communications Wireless in deal that would give control of the Cellular One brand to Verizon. The company is paying $1.5 billion (1.73 billion euros) to acquire Price.

Verizon Wireless Inc., Price Communications Wireless Inc., PWIR

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AirGate will buy iPCS for $802.8 million

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AirGate PCS Inc. will acquire iPCS Inc. in a deal valued at $802.8 million (881 million euros). The deal will make AirGate one of the largest wireless affiliates of Sprint PCS Group.

AirGate PCS Inc., iPCS Inc.

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