Sprint to launch four handhelds by year's end
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Blogs have given bits and pieces about new handhelds that Sprint will launch this fall, but Sprint this week confirmed there will be four new devices, including two with touch-screen capability apparently in response to the iPhone.
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Sprint and Nextel announced plans for a $36 billion merger Wednesday, creating a new major wireless phone power with a customer base to challenge its two larger rivals.
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Sprint Corp. , said on Friday it plans to reduce by up to 700 jobs in its business solutions unit as it realigns its business to focus on wireless and Internet-based telecommunications offerings.
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&quot;Razr&quot;-sharp marketing: Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) on Tuesday announced the US launch of the wafer-thin cell phone that it hopes will be the core of a suite of 20 new handsets.
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Sprint (NYSE: FON) will spend US&#36;3 billion over the next three years to upgrade its U.S. wireless network, including the development of high-speed Internet services.
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Sprint Nextel is on track to launch  commercial services for its next-generation WiMax high-speed  wireless network at the end of April, Chief Technology Officer  Barry West said on Tuesday.
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Four new wireless handhelds include the HTC Touch, already available in the U.K. with touch-screen capabilities similar to Apple's iPhone.
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PC Magazine - An analyst says the computer maker could be poised to sell as many as 12 million of its own brand of cell phones following a 2007 debut.
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NEW YORK, October 15  - The US-based telecom giant, Sprint Corporation (FON.NYS), has announced its plans for additional 700 job cuts in its Sprint Business Solutions (SBS) division.
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&#39;Tis the season. It&#39;s been a busy time for Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people ) Chairman and Chief Executive Gary Forsee, and it&#39;s not over yet.
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Sprint Nextel Corp  customers can  now use mobile phones to shop for everything from shoes to  televisions in a new service the No. 3 U.S. wireless company  has launched to boost revenue.
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NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. said on Tuesday it would spend $US3 billion ($NZ4.2 billion) over the next three years to upgrade its mobile network including the development of high-speed Internet services.
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CTO outlines future of WiMAX in the USA Sprint Nextel is on schedule to launch its WiMAX service at the end of April, but won't be subsidising devices or requiring long-term contracts.â¦
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Sprint and Nextel announced plans to merge Wednesday, creating a new wireless phone power with about 35 million customers, enough to make it No.
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World number four mobile producer  Sony Ericsson   said on Tuesday it would  launch eight new phones, four of which would be at the low end  of the price-scale.
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Seven mobile operators spanning both the GSM and CDMA worlds have teamed up to create a common set of requirements from network and handset providers for when they evolve to fourth-generation technology and beyond.
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Sprint Nextel will lay off about 4,000 employees and close about 125 retail outlets after it suffered a net loss of more than 100,000 customers in the fourth quarter of 2007, the company said Friday.The layoffs and other cost-cutting measures are expected to save the company $700 million to $800 million a year, the company said in a news release.The company reported a net gain of 500,000 subscribers through wholesale channels, growth of 256,000 Boost Unlimited users and net additions of 20,000 subscribers within affiliate channels. These gains were offset by net losses of 683,000 post-paid subscribers and 202,000 traditional prepaid users.At the end of the year, Sprint had 53.8 million subscribers, including 40.8 million customers of its traditional post-paid service.In addition to the layoffs, to come in the first half of the year, Sprint plans to close about 8 percent of its company-owned retail locations and eliminate more than 4,000 third-party distribution outlets, the company said. Sprint now has 20,000 total distribution points, including nearly 1,400 company-owned retail locations.Sprint will announce its full fourth-quarter results on Feb. 28.