Bits: Verizon Stabs Sprint With Unlimited Wireless Plan
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After Sprint hinted that it was thinking about introducing a cellphone plan with unlimited minutes, Verizon beat it to the punch.
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Sprint is considering options such as spinning off its WiMAX business and taking on partners in an effort fimd its nationwide wireless broadband network.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. is in  advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than  $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3  and No. 5 U.S. wireless service carriers, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. is buying Nextel Communications Inc. in a $35-billion US deal that will create the third-largest wireless phone company in the US.
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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 Nextel Corp  on Tuesday  said it will spend up to $3 billion over two years to build a  high-speed wireless data network using WiMax technology in a  bid to capture new growth from emerging mobile services.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint (NYSE: FON - message board) and SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC - message board) today announced a reciprocal Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Internet service roaming agreement that
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Cellular service competitors followed Verizon with unlimited monthly voice plans for $99.
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Sprint and SBC Communications have reached an agreement under which their Wi-Fi customers will be able to use both companies&#39; wireless hot spots.
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Sprint Nextel Corp.  and Clearwire Corp.  said on Thursday they plan to jointly construct a nationwide mobile broadband network in the United States using WiMAX technology, designed to run more than five times faster than current wireless networks at a lower cost.
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InfoWorld - Sprint Nextel plans to cooperate with enterprises on the rollout of its WiMax mobile broadband network, letting the customers install and own short-range base stations in their buildings with automatic roaming onto the carrier&#39;s WiMax network outside.
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Verizon Communications has gained the backing of partner Vodafone Group to bid for Sprint Corp in a move that could thwart Sprint&#39;s potential $35 billion bid for Nextel Communications, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Sprint Corp. said Wednesday it would buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. for about &#36;36 billion, creating a U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. is close to  an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about $35  billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and  No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources familiar with  the situation said on Friday.
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Agreement with Verizon will allow deployment of a citywide wireless network.
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Nextel is reportedly in advanced merger talks with Sprint, a deal that would form the third largest US cell phone company. However, there were indications a third player, Verizon Wireless, might make a run
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Verizon Wireless and Sprint (NYSE: FON) are giving their customers a break, cutting their fees for number portability, which the carriers have charged all customers to meet the costs of enabling wireless users to keep their phone numbers when they switch service providers.