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Sprint, Clearwire Announce $14.5 Billion WiMax Deal, Terms

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2008-05-07 13:25:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Sprint Nextel (S) will roll its next-generation wireless network , which uses a technology called WiMax, into Clearwire (CLWR), in a $14.5 billion deal . The company hopes to build out a network that would reach 120-140 million people by the end of 2010. Sprint's initial WiMax plans, announced almost two years ago, were to reach 100 million...
 
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Sprint OpenWeb Update

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2008-03-19 04:44:42 by Dennis in Wap Review
...Sprint is rolling out which I wrote about last week . If you missed that piece, Sprint has added a transcoder from OpenWave called OpenWeb to at least some of their WAP gateways. The stated purpose of OpenWeb is to transform full web pages that wouldn't be usable on handsets into something mobile friendly. The problem is that the OpenWeb...
 
Tags: mobi, mobi sites, sites, simple sites, mobile-friendly sites, mobile web, web, site, mobile site owner
 
 
 
 
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Another Hurdle For A Nextel Buyer: Competing With Sprint For Walkie-Talkie Subscribers (S)

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2008-10-06 07:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
Sprint Nextel (S) has been thinking about unloading its underperforming Nextel walkie-talkie business for months, after writing down most of its $35 billion purchase price. And according to the WSJ's Amol Sharma , they've gotten multiple bites: Latin American carrier NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates similar networks, and several...
 
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Sprint Nextel (S) Affiliate iPCS Sues Sprint Over Clearwire (CLWR) Deal, Wants In

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2008-05-12 17:57:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Sprint's deal to spin off its super-fast WiMax wireless network into Clearwire (CLWR): A lawsuit filed today by Sprint Nextel (S) affiliate iPCS (IPCS In a complaint filed in a Illinois Circuit Court, iPCS alleged that Sprint's deal with Clearwire violates its exclusive right to sell service in certain geographic areas. iPCS wants the court...
 
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CNBC: SK Telecom Eyeing Sprint Nextel, Again (S)

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2008-07-15 16:11:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Sprint Nextel? Maybe: CNBC's David Faber reports that Korean wireless giant SK Telecom is in talks to buy the company But a Reuters source throws cold water on the deal: "There are no acquisition talks going on right now between SK Telecom and Sprint. Any discussions that are going on are around technology collaboration SK Telecom (SKM) has...
 
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Sprint (S) Thinking About Nextel Sale, Spinoff

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2008-05-05 19:40:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
Sprint Nextel (S) is considering selling or spinning off its shrinking Nextel walkie-talkie business, the Wall Street Journal reports . Sprint shares are trading up more than 12% on the Nextel news and an earlier report suggesting that T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom (DT) might buy Sprint Nextel One potential buyer: a consortium of investors...
 
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T-Mobile (DT) Parent Eyes Sprint Nextel (S): Solid Move, But Big Hurdles

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2008-05-05 14:05:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Sprint Nextel (S), the Wall Street Journal reports , citing anonymous sources. A deal would create the biggest U.S. wireless carrier: Combined, No. 3 carrier Sprint and No. 4 T-Mobile had 82.7 million subscribers at the end of 2007 This sounds like a solid move: There are advantages to being bigger, like better access to hot, new phones, and...
 
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Sprint CEO Disses Google's Android Phone, Wishes He Had One (S)

2008-10-26 15:30:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Sprint Nextel (S) CEO Dan Hesse's speech. But we are surprised to hear him slam Google's (GOOG) Android mobile operating system: It's not yet "good enough to put the Sprint brand on it," Hesse reportedly said, according to Reuters Why is this surprising to us? Because other than Apple's (AAPL) iPhone -- exclusive to Sprint's much larger rival...
 
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