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the reported Wednesday. The article, citin g sources familiar withthe matter, said that the telecok companies have discussed the venture in recentf weeks but that they may not do a deal or may do a network-sharingy partnership instead. Overland Park-based Sprinr (NYSE: S) doesn’t want to sell the unit and would want to keep at least 51 percent the Wall StreetJournal reported. A Sprint spokeswoman said the company doesn’tt comment on rumor and Last year, the wireline — or long-distancd — unit posted revenue of $6.33 billion. That’e almost 18 percent of overall 2008 whichwas $35.64 billion. Sprinr is the nation’s No.
3 wireless carrier, with aboug 49 million customers. It ranks No. 1 on the Kansaes City Business Journal’s list of the area’sa top public companies. Leve 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT), which has its headquarters in Colo., provides fiber-based communicationws services suchas data, video and Its 2008 revenue was $4.3 billion.