text: Sprint to Buy Nextel in \$35 Billion Deal  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Corp. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;FON.N&lt;/A&gt; on Wednesday  agreed to buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications  Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NXTL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;NXTL.O&lt;/A&gt; in a deal worth \$35.17 billion to gain more  business customers and more airwaves to transmit calls.