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• Strategy Analytics: After Sprint/Nextel merge, Samsung USA number one; Motorola main loser in iDEN-CDMA migration.

  - 2004-12-14

  M2 PRESSWIRE-14 December 2004-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics: After Sprint/Nextel merge, Samsung USA number one; Motorola main loser in iDEN-CDMA migrationC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12142004 Boston, US -- The marriage of Sprint PCS and Nextel will hand the number one spot in...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, migration, Motorola Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications, Sprint PCS, Strategy Analytics, WIRELESS

• Sprint, Nextel tweak rate plans before holiday competition begins.(Business)

  - 2004-09-13

  Byline: DAN MEYER Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. are reportedly set to update and expand limited availability rate plan offerings that analysts note could help both operators increase market share heading into the ultra-competitive Byline: DAN MEYER...

  Tags: carrier, handset, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint PCS

• Carriers aim to keep customers loyal, happy with flexible rate plans.

  - 2004-05-10

  Byline: DAN MEYER Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage protection Byline: DAN MEYER...

  Tags: carrier, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint PCS

• Sprint PCs users lead landline substitution while Verizon Wireless leads customer satisfaction; Nextel holds the secret to loyal customers & high ARPU; Sprint PCs leads interest in landline substitution.

  - 2004-04-07

  M2 PRESSWIRE-7 April 2004-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Sprint PCs users lead landline substitution while Verizon Wireless leads customer satisfaction; Nextel holds the secret to loyal customers & high ARPU; Sprint PCs leads interest in landline substitutionC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04052004 Boston, MA...

  Tags: MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint PCS, Strategy Analytics, substitution, Verizon Wireless

• Alltel PTT performance closes in on Nextel.(Business)

  - 2004-02-16

  Byline: DAN MEYER Nextel Communications Inc. may have finally found some competition for its highly touted Direct Connect walkie-talkie service as independent testing of Alltel Corp.'s recently launched Touch2Talk service showed similar perfo Byline: DAN MEYER ...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., Nextel Communications Inc., performance, push-to-talk, Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless

• Nextel, Sprint PCS billing lawsuits consolidated.(News)

  - 2003-11-24

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA A group of judges transferred seven billing lawsuits against Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS to a federal court in Missouri, a change of venue that could benefit the two national mobile-phone operators. ...

  Tags: billing, Nextel Communications Inc., settlement, Sprint PCS

• Sprint says PTT service has near-Nextel intra-call latency.(News)

  - 2003-11-17

  Byline: DAN MEYER After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers' service line up and providing the wireless industry with Byline: DAN MEYER ...

  Tags: carrier, handset, Nextel Communications Inc., push-to-talk, Sprint Communications, Sprint PCS

• Nextel, Sprint settle Mo. billing dispute.

  - 2003-07-07

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA, HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon late last week reached a settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS that ends a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to trial in early ...

  Tags: billing, cell phone, lawsuit, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint PCS

• Web sites preview Sprint, Verizon walkie-talkie plans; Carriers remain quiet.(News)

  - 2003-06-30

  Byline: DAN MEYER Nextel Communications Inc. reported it has seen a positive response to its Nationwide Direct Connect service, which the carrier launched in early June, noting the service is available in half of its markets today and will be ...

  Tags: carrier, handset, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint PCS, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Web, Web site

• Analysts expect good news from Verizon, Nextel for 4Q amid net adds drop-off. (Business).

  - 2003-01-20

  After nearly 20 years of record-shattering increases, wireless growth appears to have hit a plateau. Analysts are expecting a 25-percent drop in fourth-quarter 2002 net customer additions for the industry's six nationwide competitors compared with After nearly 20 years of record-shattering increases, wireless...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc.