2008 Daytona 500/NASCAR preview Bonus Section Forty-eight teams are ready to race for the 2008 Sprint Cup championship starting Sunday, but only 43 will make the field each week. Jimmie Johnson is back to defend his crown after finishing on top in the fourth 10-race Chase...
ROME AFP — Former sprint king Mario Cipollini is set to come out of retirement and sign a contract with American team Rock and Republic, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Friday. The 40-year-old, 2002 world champion, who arrived in California to negotiate with team officials, retired two years...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Enjoy hearing the latest songs on the jukebox at your favorite bar or restaurant? Rowe International, the number one manufacturer of commercial and home jukeboxes, and Sprint (NYSE:S) are making this happen through the use of Sprint Mobile Broadband, the nation's largest mobile broadband network.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- China Telecom Corporation Limited and Sprint (NYSE:S) are collaborating to complement Sprint's Global MPLS capabilities for customers in China by interconnecting the IP VPN networks of the two companies. This strategy includes establishing multiple, redundant network-to-network interconnection NNI agreements between Sprint and China Telecom in the...
The Disney-ABC Television Group has teamed up with Sprint to provide TV content to cellphones. Sprint customers can now view news and entertainment-related video programming from ABC News, ABC Entertainment, and Disney Channel. The content can be accessed in a couple of forms-on-demand and...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- MSNBC said Wednesday that it would drop its simulcast of "Imus in the Morning," as a growing number of advertisers, including Sprint Nextel Corp., pulled ads from the show. The uproar began a week ago when talk show personality Don Imus made racist and...
Sprint Nextel: A Case in Point in Bad Board Managementi bet you this'll happenYep the handwriting is on the wall that this is a FUBAR waiting to happen. What you didn't write about is what crazy-to-the-layperson exit package this individual will most likely get when he's revolved out the door.RE:...
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 December 2006-Breaking News: Sprint Gives NFL Fans Opportunity to Meet StarsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12122006 Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users....
With another brilliant season as triggerman for the NFL's only undefeated team, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is certainly in the running to win his third NFL Most Valuable Player award. What is not in doubt is how Manning is MVP in another sense: Most Valuable Pitchman. He plays in...
NEW YORK AFP — Communications company Sprint Nextel said it was investing up to three billion dollars in what it claimed would be the United States' first nationwide 4G high-speed wireless broadband network. Sprint said the network would rely on WiMAX technology and offer coverage to 100 million people...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- NFL fans and fantasy football players can now take the NFL with them wherever they go. Available only to Sprint (NYSE:S) customers, NFL Mobile is the perfect companion for the NFL fan offering the widest array of football information including real-time statistics, scores, injury reports and...
WALNUT, United States AFP — Olympic 100 metre champ Justin Gatlin opened his outdoor season by anchoring his relay team to a second place finish in the 4x100 metres at the Mount San Antonio College Relays. Gatlin couldn't close the gap down the stretch against Aaron Armstrong as Gatlin's...
RESTON, Va. -- Sprint (NYSE:S) announces the launch of a series of podcasts, called "The Communications Insider," to help businesses learn how to better use mobility tools to overcome business challenges. Available today is a new podcast featuring Todd Meredith, vice president of operations at Joe Gibbs Racing, as he...
RESTON, Va. -- Recent U.S. events have brought attention to the growing need for supplemental communications for first responders during large scale events or disasters. In an effort to be better prepared, the Rapid Deployment Solutions Interoperability Project RDSIP, a public-private partnership between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Sprint (NYSE:S)...
Hallmark sidebar Brookwood Hallmark closing Cards and Such owner Pam Gentz, whose Brookwood Shopping Center location is closing in mid-May, said her gift shop business is coming full circle this spring. On March 1, Gentz purchased Bowen's Hallmark, 813 S. Kansas Ave., from retiring...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The Walt Disney Internet Group WDIG and Sprint (NYSE:FON) today announced an agreement through which Disney will create the first national U.S. wireless phone service specifically designed for families. The service, called Disney Mobile, will use the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network and...
Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), Monday announced a strategic alliance to deliver clear, 100 percent digital, voice-activated wireless voice and data solutions to select 2001 Lincoln models. The new telematics services -- which will include voice-activated calling, emergency and roadside assistance,...
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 September 1999-HARRIS: Harris team pursues $1.9 billion contract for FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure FTI upgrade C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:270999 San Diego, CA, Harris Booth #1219 -- Harris Corporation announced today the formation of a partnership of leading telecommunications ...