American, Sprint agreed to buy T-Mobile for $ 32 mlrdNYu YORK, June 5.

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American, Sprint agreed to buy T-Mobile for $ 32 mlrdNYu YORK, June 5. / Correspondent. ITAR-Tass Pil'shchikov /. American telecommunications company Sprint agreed on the basic parameters of the acquisition of a European holding company T-Mobile, said on Wednesday the electronic version of the newspaper Wall Street Journal. The transaction is valued at $ 32 billion
According to sources, publications, Sprint plans to buy shares of T-Mobile for $ 40 apiece. As the Wall Street Journal, the deal is likely to trigger opposition from U.S. antitrust regulators as limit the ability of U.S. residents in choosing a telecommunications provider. If the merger is blocked, Sprint will have to pay T-Mobile $ 1 billion
Officially, the transaction, the newspaper said, will be announced this summer. Representatives of Sprint and T-Mobile have so far refrained from comment.
If the deal goes through, the structure will be created, which will be one of the biggest global players in the telecommunications market. From 15 to 20% of its shares are owned by the German telecommunications concern Deutsche Telekom AG, which is the largest holder of securities T-Mobile.
In February 2014 was carried out by another major deal in the telecommunications market. American telecommunications company Verizon Communications for $ 130 billion bought a 45 percent share of the British operator Vodafone created in them 14 years ago, a joint venture Verizon Wireless.