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(Newser) - 3G landed in the US in 2003. But it wasn’t until the iPhone came around five years later that “consumers finally had a device that showed them the power of mobile broadband networks,” Stephanie N. Mehta writes in Fortune. In fact, "a few executives at... More »

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 Sprint Nextel to Cut 8K Jobs 

3rd-largest wireless outfit has lost millions of subscribers

Jan 26, 09 8:13 AM CST
(AP) - Sprint Nextel is eliminating about 8,000 positions in the first quarter as it seeks to cut annual costs by $1.2 billion. The third-largest US wireless provider said it will complete the layoffs, about 14% of its 56,000 employees, largely by March 31. About 850 of the reductions... More »

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cell phones • layoffs • Sprint Nextel • telecommunications • job cuts • wireless industry • Dan Hesse

Boost's $50 Prepaid Cell Plan Could Trigger Price War

Monthly fee for unlimited calls, text and data marks new low in wireless service

Jan 16, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new prepaid calling plan from Sprint’s Boost may spark a price war in the wireless market, USA Today reports. Boost will offer unlimited calling, texting and web browsing for a flat $50 a month fee. The plan may prove so attractive to cash-strapped wireless customers Boost could start... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • 3G wireless networks • Nextel • Boost Mobile

Troubled Sprint Woos
Angry Subscribers

New CEO tries personal approach
with customers, staff

Jul 8, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing upset customers, merger fallout, and peeved execs, Sprint’s new CEO started the job with his work cut out for him. The company has the sector's highest rate of customer dissatisfaction. But by getting personal with patrons and employees, new boss Daniel Hesse is fighting to save the company,... More »

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cell phones • Sprint Nextel • telecommunications companies • customer service • Daniel Hesse

Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

Issues with Android software will delay launch to 4th quarter

Jun 23, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out revolutionizing the mobile-phone industry isn’t as easy as Google thought it would be. The first phones to bear the search giant’s much-anticipated Android platform won’t ship until the fourth quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, because carriers are having trouble customizing the software. Many... More »

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Google • Google phone • Sprint Nextel • Google Android • mobile platforms • T-Mobile

product review

Samsung's Instinct: Smart,
if Not an iPhone

Sprint's touchscreen phone's no giant killer, but it's a contender

Jun 12, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It isn’t an iPhone. But, says New York Times technology writer David Pogue, Samsung’s soon-to-be released touchscreen phone, called Instinct—while a little less sleek than the iconic iPhone—isn’t a bad effort. The newest iPhone wannabe debuts June 20 when Sprint Nextel rolls it out at... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Samsung • Sprint Nextel • smartphones • cell phone industry

Sprint Tries
to Open Up
to Customers 

Struggling telco's CEO seeks suggestions for improvement

Jun 9, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - You won’t get Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse if you email “Dan@Sprint.com,” but you will get the company’s attention, reports the New York Times. In an ad campaign designed to get Sprint in touch with its customers, Hesse asks “If you could change... More »

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 Cell Phone Market
 Nears Saturation 

Which means services for customers should get better

May 30, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Americans signing up for cell phone service is slowing down after more than a decade of explosive growth, reports USA Today. Within a couple of years, experts say, just about everybody who wants a cell phone will have one, meaning good news for consumers as companies focus... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Verizon • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • AT&T

 Cellphone Sales Drop 

Recession driving down sales

May 20, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cellphone market is experiencing a significant sales slide, with the most serious decline so far among lower-income users, reports the Wall Street Journal. Studies reveal first quarter sales dips ranging from 5% to  22%. Analysts expect growth to slow even further. The market may be reaching saturation with... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • BlackBerry • Motorola • Bluetooth • Sprint Nextel • wireless service • market-research • Samsung Electronics

Sprint Loses
1M Customers, $505M in Q1

Embattled carrier will cut 4K jobs, close outlets, sell assets

May 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel continued to hemorrhage customers in the first quarter, losing more than 1 million subscribers and tallying losses of $505 million, more than double its losses in the same period last year, reports Bloomberg. Sales slipped nearly 8% to $9.33 billion. The carrier, rumored to be a takeover... More »

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corporate earnings • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • Clearwire • Dan Hesse

Sprint in Talks to Sell Struggling Nextel Unit

Wireless carrier reportedly ready to give up on troubled acquisition

May 6, 08 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint is considering selling or spinning off its Nextel division, signaling the end of a troubled, disappointing merger, the Wall Street Journal reports. Talks are already under way with Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien, who would integrate the unit into his new wireless public-safety network, and other prospective buyers, including... More »

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T-Mobile Parent Mulling
Bid for Sprint Nextel

Deutsche Telekom continues looking outside Germany for growth

May 5, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom may bid for troubled Sprint-Nextel, a deal that would move the German telecom to the top of the US mobile communications heap, ahead of AT&T and Verizon, reports the Wall Street Journal. DT increasingly has looked to global options to help fuel earnings hurt... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Deutsche Telekom • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • T-Mobile

Sprint Nextel Takes $29B Loss as Customers Walk

Loss includes huge one-time writedown; company announces cover-everything plan

Feb 28, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel posted a net fourth-quarter loss of $29.45 billion and doesn’t expect a quick recovery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The No. 3 US wireless company will hold off dividend payments and draw down credit lines for protection as more customers leave the service. It has also... More »

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Sprint May
Go Lower
Than $99.99

Mobile provider expected to undercut flat-rate calling plans

Feb 20, 08 10:42 PM CST
(Newser) - With both AT&T and Verizon unveiling $99.99 flat-rate unlimited calling plans this week, Sprint's is expected to undercut its rivals by up to 40%, plunging the wireless industry headlong into a price war. Sprint isn't telling yet, but analysts predict it will offer unlimited calling for roughly $60... More »

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Sprint Plans Major Asset Write-Off

So much for goodwill: $31B in losses pegged to Nextel merger

Feb 1, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel says it may write off up to $31 billion related to the merger that created the combined company. The move comes just after a regime change at the company, which has struggled since the 2005 merger, and lost about 1 million customers last year. The write-off, accounting for... More »

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Sprint Nextel Revives WiMAX Plans

Mobile carrier looks for partners to cut cost of high-speed wireless network

Jan 30, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Struggling Sprint Nextel, burdened with layoffs, retail store closings, and massive mobile-subscriber defections to AT&T and Verizon, may be getting back in the game. The company, which recently caved to investor pressure to drop plans for a $5-billion nationwide WiMAX network, is again talking with Clearwire, its partner in... More »

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Analog Service Hanging Up
on Customers

Digital networks soon only option, but
service has its kinks

Jan 21, 08 3:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Phone customers still dialing up using old analog networks will be out of luck—and service—beginning Feb. 18 when the nation’s wireless companies shut down the outdated technology and switch to digital. Of the quarter-billion American cell phone users, the vast majority use digital networks, but some 1... More »

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FCC • Verizon • General Motors • AT and T • Sprint Nextel • phone service • Alltell • digital networks • analog networks • T-Mobile

Sprint to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Close Stores

Heavy subscriber losses move new
CEO to trim costs

Jan 18, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel announced a new round of job cuts and store closings today, the Kansas City Star reports. As it falls further behind in the wireless industry, the company will slash 4,000 jobs and 1,600 contractor positions. It also will shut 125 stores—8% of its total—and... More »

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Sprint CEO Plans to Slash More Jobs

'A few thousand' layoffs likely as company tightens belt

Jan 15, 08 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Hesse, the new CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., plans another round of extensive job cuts, likely in the range of a few thousand, the Wall Street Journal reports. The layoffs come during a protracted period of poor performance for Sprint, the nation’s third largest cellular carrier, which analysts... More »

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Sprint Eyes Spinning Off  WiMAX Service

Company considers split; investors to share cost of network

Dec 4, 07 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Weeks after a planned partnership to build and operate a next-generation WiMAX network with Clearwire fell through, Sprint Nextel is looking for investors and is considering a spinoff of its nascent high-speed wireless operation, reports Reuters. Acting CEO Paul Saleh yesterday said the company was considering options for a WiMAX... More »

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