U.S. mobile buyouts may meet their end in 2013 [telecom]

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U.S. mobile buyouts may meet their end in 2013

By Stephen Lawson December 21, 2012 05:06 PM ET

IDG News Service - After starting amid the smoldering ruins of AT&T and T-Mobile USA's failed merger, 2012 ended as a big year for mobile carrier deals in the U.S., and possibly a final changing of the guard for a long time.

If all the reshuffling that operators agreed to in 2012 becomes a reality, 2013 will see a competitive second-tier carrier absorbed, the country's struggling No. 3 carrier rescued by a foreign suitor, the world's biggest WiMax operator swallowed up and a venerable brand name banished to the history books.