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• @ UBS Media Week: Sprint's Hesse: Branding Campaign Helped Ease Customer Acquisition Issues

  PaidContent - 2009-12-09

  Acquisition of new customers has been a problem for Sprint (NYSE: S) since the merger with Nextel five years ago, admitted CEO Dan Hesse in a Q&A at the UBS Media Week conference. There’s been some improvement in the last quarter, he insisted. The launch of some new services,...

  Tags: Acquisition, Sprint Communications, UBS AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Branding, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Broadband, WiMax, Events, UBS Media Week, Companies, SprintNextel, David Kaplan

• Report: Sprint, Partners Preparing $1.5 Billion Infusion For Clearwire

  PaidContent - 2009-11-09

  Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) could soon be on the receiving end of a $1.5 billion boost, according to the Wall Street Journal: $1 billion from majority shareholder Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and another $500 million from JV partners Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable (NYSE: TWC), Bright House Networks, Comcast Corp....

  Tags: NYSE Euronext, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Cable, Wi-Fi, Financial Accounting, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, WiMax, Companies, Clearwire, Comcast, Google, SprintNextel, Staci D. Kramer

• As Contracts Move To Rival Carriers, Sprint's Loss Expands

  PaidContent - 2009-10-29

  Sprint (NYSE: S) has seen its customers continue to flock to rivals like AT&T (NYSE: T), which have added more customers thanks to its exclusive relationship with Apple’s iPhone, and as a result, saw its Q3 loss widen to $478 million from last year’s $384 million. Revenues fell as...

  Tags: Revenue, NYSE Euronext, AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, Carrier, Operational Accounting, Finance, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Companies, SprintNextel, David Kaplan

• Amazon Combines Kindle 2, Global; AT&T Replaces Sprint On New Models; International DX In 2010

  PaidContent - 2009-10-23

  That $20 price drop for the international Kindle goes a little deeper than the obvious competitive move; it was the company’s way of signaling that Kindle 2 and global Kindle are the same device. The conceit that there were two was a distinction without a difference save in one...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Sprint Communications, Amazon Whispernet, 3G, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Amazon.com, Kindle, AT&T, SprintNextel, Staci D. Kramer

• Sprint Nextel And Verizon Wireless Both Open Up Phones For Location-Based Services

  Content Next - 2008-12-17

  Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) both made announcements today that will make accessing location on the phone easier. While Sprint's announcement is fairly comprehensive, Verizon's was restricted to some Windows Mobile devices. —Sprint partners with WaveMarket and uLocate: Sprint Nextel announced today that it was...

  Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Verizon Wireless, GPS, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Companies, Operators, SprintNextel, Verizon, Technologies, LBS/GPS Navigation/Maps, Tricia Duryee

• Mobile Content Bits: Phelps Games On iPhone; Sprint iDEN Curve; Mobile Newspapers; REI Snow Report

  Content Next - 2008-12-15

  -- Michael Phelps Makes iPhone Play: Many times over Olympian record-holder Michael Phelps has inked a deal with game publisher 505 Games to develop titles for consoles and the iPhone. Developed by 505's new team in Los Angeles, the first title is expected to hit in mid 2010. The...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, iDEN, Sprint Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Operators, SprintNextel, RIM, Countries, Canada, Europe, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Media & Publishing, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Technologies, Operating Systems, Matt Kapko, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Sprint Launches Platform To Bring Java Developers From The Desktop To Mobile

  Content Next - 2008-12-09

  Sprint (NYSE: S) has developed a new software platform that it hopes will enable the larger desktop-community of Java developers to easily and quickly develop applications for the mobile phone. It said today, it wants to close the gap between the 7.1 million Java developers for the desktop, and...

  Tags: Desktop, Java Developer, Mobile, Platform, Java, Sprint Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Microsoft, Operators, SprintNextel, Technologies, Operating Systems, Tricia Duryee, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Mobile Content Bits: Orange Mobile TV; Sprint Photo And Video Share; Mobile Streams; MobileActive

  Content Next - 2008-11-25

  -- Orange Launching 60 TV Channels In France: Orange is gearing up to launch a mobile TV service in France that will feature 60 channels of high-quality video on the carrier's 3G and UMA platform, Unstrung reports. The service is the first of its kind to use 3G and...

  Tags: Orange PCS, France, Mobile, Mobile TV, Video, TV, Sprint Communications, Photograph, Picture Mail Service, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Operators, Orange, SprintNextel, Countries, Europe, UK, Entertainment, Mobile Video, Matt Kapko, Sprint Nextel Corp., VeriSign Inc.

• XOHM WiMAX Broadband Service Debuts in Baltimore

  - 2008-09-29

  * New 4G wireless era dawns as unique business model revolutionizes mobile Internet access * Service-plan innovation includes $50 "Pick 2 for Life" offer without usage limitations HERNDON, Va. -- A next-generation 4G wireless network based on mobile WiMAX technology debuted today in Baltimore, heralding the start of...

  Tags: mobile, network, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Samsung's Mobile WiMAX Technology Used to Launch Sprint's Citywide Broadband Wireless Service in Baltimore

  - 2008-09-29

  Sprint's XOHM[TM] Business Unit Also Awarded Samsung the Dallas / Ft. Worth Market to Be Built with Their 4G Wireless Networking Infrastructure DALLAS -- Dallas-based Samsung Telecommunications America Samsung Mobile announced today that Sprint (NYSE: S) has utilized Samsung's mobile WiMAX network infrastructure in Baltimore to launch commercial mobile...

  Tags: Dallas, MARKETING, mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS