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• Ericsson to manage Nextel network in USD5bn deal

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-09

  Sprint Nextel is to transfer the operation of its wireless and fixed-line networks to Ericsson in a seven-year deal valued at between USD4.5bn and USD5bn. The agreement, thought to be the first of its kind for a US operator, includes the relocation of around 6,000 Sprint workers to an...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Network, Ericsson Inc., Networking, Editorial, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Illinois Supreme Court Denies Sprint's Petition to Appeal

  - 2008-09-24

  Ruling Requires Sprint Nextel to Cease Owning, Operating, and Managing the Nextel Network in iPCS Wireless's Territory SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- iPCS, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCS) today announced that the Supreme Court of Illinois has refused to hear Sprint Nextel's (NYSE: S) appeal of a ruling by the Appellate Court of...

  Tags: Clearwire Corp., Company, Illinois, Litigation, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., U.S. Circuit Court, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Sprint Nextel Has to Answer the Police's Call

  - 2007-11-21

  Sprint Nextel's been struggling since ever since the $36 billion merger, and now that ex-CEO Gary Forsee is out of the picture, the company's scaling back on its ill-conceived WiMax plans (aiming to bring the high-speed wireless network to only a few markets, as opposed to making it available to 300 million...

  Tags: Investment, Finance, Lori Deschene, Networking, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Mergers & Acquisitions, WiMAX, Sprint Nextel Corp., Nextel Communications Inc.

• Walkie-talkie woes at Moto; Push-to-talk biz, once safe, now up for grabs as AT&T enters fray.(News)

  - 2007-05-28

  Byline: PAUL MERRION As Motorola Inc. CEO Edward Zander battles Nokia Corp. for consumer cell phone sales and braces for Apple Inc.'s music-friendly iPhone, he faces a new challenge from AT&T Corp. in Motorola's increasingly vulnerable strongh Byline: PAUL MERRION ...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Motorola Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., phone, push-to-talk, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Sprint Nextel Selects Reactor Simulators for NEXTEL Experiential Mobile Marketing Program

  - 2007-04-12

  Interactive Motorsports' (OTCBB: IMTS) new Reactor race car simulators have been chosen as the featured attraction for Sprint Nextel's NEXTEL Racing Experience mobile marketing program.

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• Shentel settles dispute with Sprint Nextel, scores Nextel stores.(Upfront)

  - 2007-03-19

  Byline: KELLY HILL Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it has settled its legal battle with Sprint Nextel Corp. The affiliate said it reached new agreements with the national carrier that include the transfer of former Nextel operatio Byline: KELLY...

  Tags: agreement, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Sprint Nextel Announces Resignation of William Kennard from Board of Directors

  - 2007-03-06

  RESTON, Va. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) today announced that William E. Kennard resigned from the company's Board of Directors effective March 1, 2007. Kennard served as a director of Sprint Nextel since the merger of Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications in August 2005. He joined the Nextel board in...

  Tags: board, board of directors, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Sprint Nextel Unveils 2007 Version of NEXTEL Experience

  - 2007-02-07

  Official Grand Opening to Include Fan Appreciation Day Feb. 16 at Daytona

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Big 3?(Opinion)

  - 2007-01-15

  Byline: Dan Meyer As a self-proclaimed impartial observer of the wireless industry-I criticize all companies equally-I have to say I have been getting little pleasure out of Sprint Nextel's ongoing struggles to integrate the former Nextel Com Byline:...

  Tags: carrier, Nextel Communications Inc., pricing strategy, Sprint Nextel Corp., wireless

• Sprint Nextel release CDMA/iDEN phone.(News)

  - 2006-11-27

  Sprint Nextel Corp. has issued its first dual-mode handset for iDEN and CDMA networks-the Motorola Inc. ic502, a ruggedized clamshell with external antenna for $60, with a $40 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. The ic502 provides Nextel's ...

  Tags: CDMA, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, Sprint Nextel Corp.