Sprint to Buy US Unwired for $1.3 Billion

As I said earlier, the affiliates could put a financial crimp on the Sextel deal. Now the news that Sprint is buying US Unwired for $1.3 billion. I wonder how the other affiliates will react. And does this mean the Nextel Partners gets bought for $5 billion plus?

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