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Sprint: Mergers on Back Burner, Not Off the Table

Sprint plans to wait until its finishes upgrading its network before seriously considering merging with another company, but it is not altogether dismissing the possibility of a near-term deal, its top executive said.


Sprint on Network Overhaul: It Will Work

Sprint is hitting back against Verizon Wireless' suggestions that its forthcoming LTE network will be slower than the competition because it is launching in a narrower band of spectrum.


VZW Ups Prepaid Game with Smartphone Plan, Hotspot

VZW Ups Prepaid Game with Smartphone Plan, Hotspot

Verizon Wireless outed two new prepaid devices yesterday amid signs of increasing interest in the no-contract space from top-tier providers typically focused on more lucrative postpaid customers.


Clearwire 31-City LTE Launch to Include N.Y., L.A.

Clearwire says New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will be among the 31 cities it plans to light up during the first half of next year.


Sprint Rebuts NY AG Tax Dodging Charges

Sprint Rebuts NY AG Tax Dodging Charges

Sprint is denying allegations from the New York Attorney General that it has dodged $100 million in state taxes to gain a competitive advantage by making its plans cheaper.


Sprint Plans 44% Drop in Cell Sites

ORLANDO, Fla.—Sprint’s network overhaul will drop the number of cell sites it operates by 44 percent, executive Bob Azzi said at a conference today. The $5 billion project, dubbed Network Vision, will slash Sprint’s cell sites from 68,000 to 38,000,


Sprint Mulls LTE Tie-Ups with Regional Carriers

Sprint may consider partnering with regional wireless providers on LTE through network sharing and spectrum hosting arrangements, according to a top network executive.


Clearwire CFO Lays Out Trump Card: Capacity

Clearwire finance chief Hope Cochran laid out the company's trump card at an investor conference yesterday: Operators need capacity, and Clearwire has it in spades.


One Week After T-Mobile, Cricket Joins RCA Ranks

Cricket Communications today became the latest carrier to sign on to the Rural Cellular Association (RCA), which frequently takes policy stances diametrically opposed to AT&T and Verizon Wireless.


Sprint Bankruptcy a 'Very Legitimate Risk,' says Bernstein

Sprint's stock took a hit yesterday after a prominent research firm downgraded the operator on a "very legitimate risk" of bankruptcy, sending the operator's shares down 4.5 percent after a recent rally.


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Jobs Vs. Merger Vs. No Merger

Jobs Vs. Merger Vs. No Merger

Would a combined AT&T/T-Mobile really lead to more jobs?


Sprint Needs an iSavior, Stat

Sprint Needs an iSavior, Stat

Would the iPhone save Sprint?


Looking Back: CTIA 2011

Looking Back: CTIA 2011

CTIA Wireless 2011 is one we’ll remember thanks to the March 20 news of AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA.


U.S. vs. China – Really?

U.S. vs. China – Really?

Is excluding Huawei Technologies and ZTE from wireless network contracts being crazily alarmist or is it the wise, cautious thing to do? When I first heard that Sprint Nextel was excluding Huawei and ZTE from their network modernization project due


Sprint Hits & Misses

Sprint Hits & Misses

Sprint's stock took a big hit this week, but it's not all gloom and doom.


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