NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Shares of Sprint Nextel surged Thursday as it negotiated with Japanese wireless carrier Softbank, which might buy a controlling stake in the company.
Sprint Nextel's (S, Fortune 500) stock jumped 18% in morning trading.
"Sprint is currently involved in discussions with Softbank regarding a potential substantial investment by Softbank in Sprint," said Sprint in a prepared statement.
Sprint said "such a transaction could involve a change of control," but it emphasized that there are "no assurances" that the deal will go through.
The share price for Internet service provider Clearwire (CLWR) also surged, climbing 40% in morning trading, as CNBC reported that Clearwire might also get taken over as part of the deal.
Sprint Nextel is the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States, trailing AT&T (T, Fortune 500) and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) in market share. But the company has continued to lose money, despite finally adding Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPhone to its network last year.
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A spokesperson for Softbank Corp (SFTBF) was not immediately available for comment.
There had been speculation that Sprint Nextel would make a counteroffer for MetroPCS (PCS, Fortune 500), which recently agreed to merge with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit. Shares of MetroPCS fell 5% in early trading. 
First Published: October 11, 2012: 8:19 AM ET
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