(Reuters) – Sprint Nextel Corp agreed to buy United States Cellular Corp businesses in Chicago, St. Louis, central Illinois and three other markets to expand coverage as it upgrades its network. The No. 3 mobile phone service provider said on … Continue reading
September 4, 2012 **Editor’s Note: Please click here for a recap of the biggest channel-impacting mergers of Q2 2012 or here for the biggest M&A during that time in the service-provider and BSS/OSS spaces.** The chance that Sprint will merge with T-Mobile still exists, at least according to one … Continue reading
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Sprint (S) has been on a seeming death spiral for the past six years. While a decade ago, Sprint was lauded as having the best wireless technology with its CDMA network, the company squandered its lead and now rests as … Continue reading
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a final rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles. The joint rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Pipeline and … Continue reading
Here’s a great new commercial from Samsung that pokes fun at the people who camp out overnight waiting for iPhones: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVkH9Hgvda4] … Continue reading
Original story: http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-5-update-2011-11#ixzz1dKkLIS87 Apple just released an update to iOS 5, version 5.0.1, is now live for download. The update fixes the software bugs that caused several iPhone 4S owners to suffer from horrible battery life. Other improvements: New multitasking gestures for the original iPad and a … Continue reading
Sprint on Wednesday stated that it has entered into a four-year deal valued at $15.5 billion to offer Apple’s iPhone line of handsets, the GSMA’s mobile business blog reports. Additional details were not revealed, but the carrier said it expects … Continue reading
This week marked the historic arrival of the iPhone 4S to Sprint customers across the nation. Hooray… right? I know that this is a game-changer for Sprint, but what will the big picture implications be? Is it just inevitable that … Continue reading