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• Sprint set to buy iPCS in USD426m deal

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-19

  US telecoms firm Sprint is buying wireless provider iPCS in a USD426m deal with an additional USD405m debt assumption. The firm is thought to be Sprint's last major independent affiliate and will mark the end of a long-running legal dispute between the firms. A series of acquisitions by Sprint,...

  Tags: Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telephony, Corporate Law, Wireless And Mobility, Investment, Finance, Networking, Business Operations, Editorial, iPCS Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Mobile Internet boosts business

  - 2008-08-01

  REGION Technology, such as the various Internetequipped wireless phones and personal digital assistants, gets better all the time. To keep up, telecommunication companies need to upgrade their wireless networks often. Most of the large telecommunication firms have upgraded in Central Pennsylvania to third-generation, or 3G, technology that can...

  Tags: 3G, AT&T Corp., mobile, network, NETWORKING, Sprint Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• RealPennies.com: Turning Pennies into dollars: (NASDAQ: ADAM), (NYSE: S), (NYSE: AYE).

  - 2008-02-27

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  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, NYSE Euronext, SOFTWARE, Sprint Communications, Strategy, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Small Business Customers Benefit from Sprint's Expanded Cable Telephony Capabilities

  - 2007-05-07

  Millennium Digital Media and Baja Broadband Join Existing Sprint Cable Partners, Time Warner Cable and Suddenlink Communications, to Capitalize on Wireline Growth Opportunities in Small Business Markets

  Tags: benefit, cable, cable telephony, small business, Sprint Communications, telephony

• Record fed contract hangs up on Sprint

  - 2007-03-30

  WASHINGTON -- Dealing a significant blow to Sprint Nextel, the government on Thursday awarded the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract -- a 10-year deal worth up to $48 billion -- to its rivals AT&T, Qwest Communications and Verizon. The three contract winners will split $525 million, but beyond that...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., NETWORKING, Qwest Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. General Services Administration

• Feds award telecom dealGoodyear sees demand for two-piece

  - 2007-03-30

  By Dibya Sarkar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Dealing a significant blow to Sprint Nextel, the government on Thursday awarded the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract - a 10-year deal worth up to $48 billion - to its rivals AT&T, Qwest Communications and Verizon. The...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., FINANCE, Jostens, NETWORKING, Qwest Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Taxes, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. General Services Administration

• Qwest, AT&T, Verizon win government telecom contract worth up to $48

  - 2007-03-29

  WASHINGTON -- Qwest Communications International Inc., AT&T Inc. and Verizon Inc. on Thursday were awarded the government's largest telecommunications contract ever, a 10-year deal worth up to $48 billion. The contract winners, who beat out Sprint Nextel Corp., don't simply split a pool of money. They now have...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., NETWORKING, Qwest Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. General Services Administration, Verizon Communications Inc.

• 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

• Worldbid Corporation to Offer Sprint Telephony and Data Products

  - 2005-01-25

  VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Worldbid Corporation (OTCBB:WBID) announced early this morning that they have signed an agreement and the Federation of International Trade Associations (http://www.fita.org) allowing Worldbid to offer various Sprint (NYSE:FON) telecommunications services to its member base of over 300,000 registered members.

  Tags: Sprint Communications, telephony

• Charter Taps Three Telephony Partners; Level 3, Sprint and Accenture to Enhance, Expedite Charter Telephone

  - 2004-08-30

  ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR), through its subsidiaries, today announced agreements with Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) and Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (NYSE: FON) to provide long distance and local telephone service connectivity in selected Charter markets. In addition, Charter has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to...

  Tags: Accenture Ltd., Charter, Charter Communications Inc., Level 3 Communications Inc., phone, Sprint Communications, telephony