Clearwire Spoke to AT&T, China Mobile About Deals

Clearwire Corp., the wireless carrier that received takeover proposals from Sprint Nextel Corp. and Dish Network Corp., said it also had talks with eight other companies over the past two years about various deals.

Clearwire, in a proxy filing today, didn’t identify the parties that it had discussions with over a period starting in fall 2010. Deutsche Telecom AG’s T-Mobile USA, AT&T Inc., MetroPCS Communications Inc. and China Mobile Ltd. were among the companies, according to Spencer Kurn, an analyst with New Street Research LLC, and Tim Farrar of TMF Associates Inc.