For Sprint and Nextel, the Struggle Is Ahead
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which could come as early as today - they will have completed the easy part. The harder part, industry executives and analysts
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If Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications wind up merging late next year, don&#39;t expect the new Sprint Nextel to come roaring out of the gates with the kinds of massive service upgrades rolled out by the new Cingular Wireless LLC.
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Merger talks between wireless carriers Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. aren&#39;t sounding very jolly to one equipment supplier: Motorola Inc.
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Sprint&#39;s negotiations to buy Nextel have ignited fears that Motorola will lose its exclusive deal to supply phones and equipment to Nextel.
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Sprint Nextel is sharking up its executive team in an effort to get the company back on track.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go and shop for a wireless phone plan, the competitive landscape has once again shifted. This comes as no surprise as cutthroat industries with numerous players are bound to undergo consolidation.
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Cell phone shoppers looking for new deals and features didn&#39;t find them yesterday, a day after Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications have signed a merger agreement. The combined company, which will adopt the name Sprint Nextel, will serve nearly 40 million wireless customers.
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Reports that Sprint Corp. may be close to a $36 billion takeover of Nextel Communications Inc. yesterday alarmed consumer advocates, who predicted it would lead to less competition and higher prices for wireless service.
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A possible merger of Nextel Communications, the fifth-ranked wireless carrier in the US, and Sprint, the third-largest, may be winning strategy, given the ferocious competition in the telecommunications industry.
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The prospect of a deal between Sprint  and Nextel Communications sparked concerns on Friday about a  shrinking U.S. market for mobile network equipment, sending  shares of Nextel's key supplier Motorola Inc. MOT.N down  almost 8 percent.
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Sprint Corp., the No. 3 US mobile-phone company, and Nextel Communications Inc. are in talks about a possible merger, people familiar with the matter said.
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A. Sprint and Nextel are projecting that it&#39;ll happen in the second quarter next year. They don&#39;t expect it to take longer than the eight months needed to gain approval of Cingular Wireless&#39; purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless.
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Now that wireless is officially a land of giants, what happens to all the Lilliputians? With Sprint and Nextel announcing their merger Wednesday â- $35 billion deal
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Mobile phone firms face a series of hurdles if they want to get their customers using their funky new handsets.
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By DAVID TWIDDY    KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- Sprint Corp...
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When Sprint and Nextel merge next year, its two lead executives will continue to pull in combined salaries of more than five million dollars a year.