The Denver Post

AT&T's proposed deal for T-Mobile is on shaky ground.

Even though the Justice Department has sued to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, the proposed deal is by no means dead. AT&T has vowed to vigorously fight the suit, stating that the “DOJ has the burden of proving alleged anti-competitive affects.”

BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk notes that Oracle was successful in 2004 in fighting the Justice Department’s attempt to block the software giant’s acquisition of PeopleSoft.

Still, the AT&T/T-Mobile merger is clearly on shaky ground, and here are some of the winners and losers if it is ultimately killed. Read more…

The Denver Post

T-Mobile, which has agreed to merge with AT&T, will not receive the iPhone this year.

About a half dozen new T-Mobile branded stores will open in the Denver area this year, the company’s top Colorado executive said today.

The stores will be run by retail partner Express Locations, which operates about 80 T-Mobile stores in the West, said Greg Post, T-Mobile’s vice president and general manager for the Mountain West region, which covers Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Northern Nevada.

The decision to add new stores Read more…

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Verizon tops the charts in terms of network performance in metro Denver, according to a new report.

A report to be released this morning ranks Verizon Wireless No. 1 in terms of network performance in the Denver area.

RootMetrics conducted a comprehensive network test in the metro Denver in July, conducting more than 40,000 call, data and text tests over 7 days. Consumers can download the RootMetrics app in the Apple App store or Android Marketplace to conduct tests and see coverage maps.

Here are additional details from the report that I couldn’t get into today’s print edition: Read more…

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Meg Whitman speaks in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2010.

During a keynote speech at the GBTA convention in Denver, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman told attendees to not fear technology or services that may eat away at their company’s core business.

“You cannot be worried about cannibalization,” she said Tuesday afternoon.

She said it’s better for the company to embrace such disruptive technologies rather than having a competitor do so.

She spoke about innovation, noting that there are two forms: evolutionary and revolutionary. Read more…

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Dish Network wants to build a 4G network.

Dish Network plans to build a nationwide mobile broadband network, revealing details about the strategy behind its recent wireless spectrum acquisitions in a filing late Monday with the Federal Communications Commission.

The Douglas County-based company “anticipates offering broadband services both on a stand-alone basis and in a consumer-friendly bundle” with its satellite-TV product, said Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker.

“Dish plans to deploy its network Read more…

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Google wants to be more like Apple with the Motorola deal.

The AP suggests that Google’s top prize in acquiring Motorola is the company’s treasure trove of patents.

Just as important, in my view, is the proposed deal would give the online search giant the ability to control both hardware and software components of smartphones and tablets.

In fact, in January I wrote about Apple’s dominance in consumer electronics, and the ability to design both components was cited as the key reason.

Motorola is the company behind two Read more…

AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post

CenturyLink lit up its signs in Denver on Monday.

CenturyLink and Denver-based Qwest coughed up $147 million in investment banking, legal and related fees to complete their merger, according to a regulatory filing.

As of June 30, CenturyLink had paid $76 million and Qwest $71 million to investment bankers, lawyers and others advising the companies on the deal. The merger closed in April and was valued at $24 billion – about $12 billion in stock and roughly $12 billion in assumed debt. CenturyLink incurred $58 million of the $76 million during the second quarter – after the merger was finalized.

The combined company is based in Monroe, La., a key reason Colorado has already lost about 400 jobs as a result of the merger.

Wondering who took home the bacon? Read more…

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Joe Clayton took over as Dish CEO in June.

Dish Network chief executive Joe Clayton said today that the Douglas County-based company will play a key role in the future of wireless communications.

During his first earnings call for the satellite-TV provider, Clayton said the company’s long-term plans may include additional acquisitions, partnerships and the divestiture of non-strategic assets. He replaced Dish chairman Charlie Ergen as CEO in June.

“With Charlie Ergen’s recent asset acquisitions, I believe that Dish will have a significant role in the evolving world of wireless communications,” Clayton said.

In recent months, Ergen Read more…

Craig Walker, The Denver Post

Qwest's former headquarters building at 1801 California St. in Denver.

Downtown Denver will soon have a green tint.

CenturyLink will illuminate for the first time its signs atop the former Qwest headquarters building at 1801 California St. this evening just after sunset at about 8:05 p.m. The signs replaced Qwest’s neon blue emblems and feature CenturyLink’s green sunburst logo.

The move will help mark CenturyLink’s brand launch in former Qwest markets. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is scheduled to a hold press conference this afternoon at the 52-story building “to discuss what CenturyLink means to Colorado, as a business, employer and active community partner,” CenturyLink said in a statement.

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Brian Brainerd, Denver Post

TechStars co-founders from left, Brad Feld, David Cohen and Jared Polis.

TechStars, the nationally recognized technology accelerator, graduated 12 startups in its fifth Boulder class.

The Boulder-based mentorship program said this year’s crop of graduates is one of the most diverse in its history, with founders ranging from industry veterans to college graduates to a high school student.

Founded in 2006, TechStars operates five 13-week programs a year in four cities: Boulder, Boston, Seattle and New York, which hosts winter and summer sessions.

This year’s Boulder graduates are slated Read more…