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• 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 CEO aims for winning strategy

  - 2008-02-11

  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel's new CEO, is preparing for war. His arsenal is packed with "nukes" -- Hesse-speak for anything that has the potential to disrupt the status quo in wireless. One possibility under consideration: flat-rate pricing for unlimited voice calls. ...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, strategy, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 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.

• NII Holdings and RIM Launch BlackBerry for Nextel Mexico and Nextel Peru Customers and GigaBeam to Present at Kaufman Bros. Ninth Annual Investor Conference.

  - 2006-09-01

  M2 PRESSWIRE-1 September 2006-U.S. Equity News: NII Holdings and RIM Launch BlackBerry for Nextel Mexico and Nextel Peru Customers and GigaBeam to Present at Kaufman Bros. Ninth Annual Investor ConferenceC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01092006 City of Industry, CA - Wireless Communications...

  Tags: Gigabeam Corp., investor, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Sprint completes 35 billion dollar acquisition of Nextel

  - 2005-08-12

  WASHINGTON AFP — Sprint completed its 35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications, creating a telecom giant with some 44 million wireless customers, the two firms said. The combined firm will be known as Sprint Nextel Corp. and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday under...

  Tags: acquisition, Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, NETWORKING, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Sprint, Nextel $70 billion merger gets FCC's approval

  - 2005-08-04

  The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday gave Sprint and Nextel the green light to proceed with their merger, paving the way for the $70 billion transaction to close quickly. Sprint, which is the USA's No. 3 wireless carrier, and Nextel, the No.5, announced plans in December to merge. ...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• FCC approves Sprint-Nextel merger

  - 2005-08-04

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 August 2005-FCC approves Sprint-Nextel mergerC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The US Federal Communications Commission FCC and the US Justice Department have approved the USD35bn acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc by Sprint Corp, a US wireless company, following shareholder approval last month. The newly merged Sprint Nextel Corp...

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• 3Com announces financial analyst day and Partnership brings Antenna's complete A3 product line to Nextel customers.

  - 2005-07-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 July 2005-US Financial Network: 3Com announces financial analyst day and Partnership brings Antenna's complete A3 product line to Nextel customersC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20072005 City of Industry, CA - Wireless Communications industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC:...

  Tags: 3Com Corp., FINANCE, GAAP, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., partnership, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Wireless Mergers Spawn FCC Questions, Reseller Lawsuits

  - 2005-07-18

  The proposed mergers involving Alltel-Western Wireless Corp. and Sprint- Nextel Communications are one step closer to competition, now that the FCC has approved the Alltel-Western Wireless asset transfer, and shareholders of both companies approved the Sprint-Nextel deal. With select divestiture conditions already agreed upon by the U.S....

  Tags: Alltel Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, lawsuit, merger, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Stocks on the Rise.

  - 2005-06-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 June 2005-WallStreetGrapevine: Stocks on the RiseC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03062005 Wall Street, NYC--Today, wallstreetgrapevine.com, named; TelePlus Enterprises Inc. (OTC BB: TLPE), Alamosa Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq NM: APCS), Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NXTL), and Primus Telecommunications Group (Nasdaq...

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