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• Amazon Slashes Palm Pre To $79.99 as smartphone wars intensify

  BNET - 2009-11-19

  Perhaps signal that sales are slowing, Amazon has slashed the price of the Palm Pre to $79.99 with a two-year service plan from Sprint and now include free activation of the phone in the box. Amazon is also offering the Palm Pixi for just $24.99...

  Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Palm Inc., Palm Pre, Sprint Communications, Smart Phone

• Sprint iPCS Acquisition Opposed

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  Greywolf Capital Management has an 8.2% stake in iPCS, and it said Sprint's $24 per share offer does not reflect the fair business value of iPCS, or the value of the litigation between iPCS and Sprint. Sprint's offer represented roughly a 34% premium over iPCS' stock price, but Greywolf said...

  Tags: Sprint Communications, InformationWeek

• Clearwire Raises $1.5 Billion -- None of it from Google [Digital Daily]

  BNET - 2009-11-10

  How quickly Sprint has gone from cutting jobs to cutting checks. Not 24 hours after announcing plans to sack between 2,000 and 25,000 employees, the company said it has agreed to invest another $1.18 billion in WiMax provider Clearwire. That's a big check to be writing, but then, Sprint S...

  Tags: Google Inc., Sprint Communications, Clearwire Corp.

• Sprint Announces Job Cuts - Insists they won#x27t impact customer service...

  BNET - 2009-11-10

  Their recent fourth quarter earnings report indicates that despite some clear customer service improvements, Sprint continues to bleed both subscribers and cash as the company recovers from their merger with Nextel. To help make ends meet, the company yesterday announced they'll be laying off...

  Tags: Sprint Communications, Customer Service

• Another $1.5B Infusion for Clearwire

  BNET - 2009-11-09

  It shouldn't come as a surprise: Clearwire, the WiMAX-based wireless network operator, is looking for a $1.5 billion infusion from Sprint and other backers including cable giant Comcast. Clearwire executives, including CEO William Morrow, have been publicly talking about a need for new capital. The announcement is likely to be...

  Tags: Sprint Communications, Clearwire Corp.

• Report: Sprint, Partners Preparing $1.5 Billion Infusion For Clearwire

  PaidContent - 2009-11-09

  Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) could soon be on the receiving end of a $1.5 billion boost, according to the Wall Street Journal: $1 billion from majority shareholder Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and another $500 million from JV partners Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable (NYSE: TWC), Bright House Networks, Comcast Corp....

  Tags: NYSE Euronext, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Cable, Wi-Fi, Financial Accounting, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, WiMax, Companies, Clearwire, Comcast, Google, SprintNextel, Staci D. Kramer

• Clearwire to get USD1.5bn from Sprint Nextel

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-08

  Wireless broadband firm Clearwire is set to receive a minimum of USD1.5bn from Sprint and its partners. Sprint is believed to be investing USD1bn, while its joint venture partners, including Comcast and Intel are set to invest a combined USD500m. ...

  Tags: Sprint Nextel Corp., Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Financial Accounting, Cellular Phones, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Editorial, Comcast Corp., Intel Corp.

• Sprint Nextel to Invest More in Clearwire: Report

  Reuters - 2009-11-08

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp S. is preparing to pump at least $1 billion more into Clearwire Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing two people familiar with the matter.Sprint's joint venture partners on Clearwire, a group which includes Comcast Corp CMCSA., Intel Corp INTC, Time...

  Tags: Sprint Nextel Corp., Clearwire Corp., Intel Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Comcast Corp., Sprint Communications, Time Warner Cable Inc.

• T-Mobile Loses Customers in Q3

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  As T-Mobile released its quarterly earnings and numbers today, it became much more apparent that there is a divide ever-expanding between the top 2 US carriers and the next 2. As AT&T and Verizon continue to grow its subscriber base from year to year, Sprint and T-Mobile are both losing...

  Tags: T-Mobile, Sprint Communications

• Sprint Design files Lawsuit against Barnes & Noble's Nook

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  Back towards the end of October, we broke the news that Sprint Design will release an Android based product called ‘Alex', an e-Book reader with two displays, one for E Ink standard reading and another for multimedia in full color. A day later, Barnes & Noble dropped a bomb shell...

  Tags: e-book, Sprint Communications, Barnes & Noble Inc., E Ink Corp.