Sprint Mulls Separating Nextel Unit

Sprint Mulls Separating Nextel Unit

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submitter: cellsea

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Sprint Nextel Corp. is seriously considering spinning off or selling its ailing Nextel unit, people familiar with the situation say, a dramatic acknowledgement that Sprint's $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications in 2005 has been a failure.

Sprint Mulls Separating Nextel Unit

submitted by cellsea 2 months ago

Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks

submitted by cellsea 3 months ago

The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp....
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Sprint introduce OpenWeb mobile page formatting for better browsing

submitted by cellsea 3 months ago

Sprint is upgrading its cellphones to the Openwave platform for Web browsing. Openwave is a combination of the Openwave proxy server that makes pages more mobile-friendly, and the OpenWeb browser, which is a full-HTML browser that renders pages nicely....
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Sprint to introduce touch-screen phone

submitted by cellsea 8 months ago

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced Wednesday it is jumping on the bandwagon with the Touch by HTC. Like Apple Inc.'s iPhone, this smart phone has only a few buttons and is designed to be controlled by touching the screen. ...
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Music from indie to be sold via cell phones

submitted by cellsea 11 months ago

Several services, including those run by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Wireless, let people buy songs directly over the air....
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Sprint Announces First Nextel Combo Phone

submitted by cellsea 2006-11-14

Sprint announced the first of its much-anticipated Sprint/Nextel combo phones, the Motorola ic502, today. The ic502 uses Sprint's CDMA 1xRTT network for voice calls and data connections, but Nextel's iDen network for walkie-talkie service. ...
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Sprint Launches Power View Video Network

submitted by cellsea 2006-09-14

Cell phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. is becoming a media company, producing its own sports and entertainment newscasts for its wireless Internet service in addition to the repackaged video programming it provides from TV networks and other content providers....
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Sprint Offers Full-Length ''Pay-Per-View'' Movies on Mobile Phones

submitted by cellsea 2006-09-06

aunched today Sprint Movies, the first "pay-per-view" service for mobile phones in the U.S. that streams full-length movies, including recent box-office hits and timeless favorites from Buena Vista VOD, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures. ...
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Sprint To Offer New Palm Smart Phone

submitted by cellsea 2006-09-06

Sprint Nextel announced it will offer the company's Treo 700wx smart phone with EV-DO and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. ...
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Sprint streaming video and radio

submitted by cellsea 2006-08-31

Sprint announced today that it continues to lead mobile music with the launch of the exclusive Sprint Radio service and the introduction of unique features and a promotion for the Sprint Music Store. ...
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Sprint Treo 700wx brochure leaked

submitted by cellsea 2006-08-21

Someone from the Sprint Users forum has a copy of the upcoming ad brochure featuring the new sprint treo 700wx....
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Sprint Nextel COO Lauer leaves company

submitted by cellsea 2006-08-21

The chief operating officer of Sprint Nextel Corp. left the company Monday and will not be replaced....
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