New York — Charter Communications was cool to the proposal by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son to combine with his Sprint, though talks remained active, a person familiar with the matter said. A combination of Sprint and Charter would put together the fourth-largest US wireless carrier with the second-largest US cable company. Son, who is Sprint’s chairman, proposed a cash-and-stock merger of his money-losing wireless company with Charter, people who are familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. The idea called for the creation of a publicly traded company that would combine Sprint and Charter and be controlled by SoftBank, the people said. The new combined company would then attempt to buy T-Mobile US, according to one of the people. Cable and wireless carriers have been circling each other as more consumers watch video and access the internet on mobile devices. Full suite By combining, companies such as Charter and Sprint could of...
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