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Sprint will be spending $105 million to purchase spectrum from Wirefree, the third-largest carrier said in its quarterly filing. Sprint will be acquiring 10 MHz of spectrum across 16 markets and it’s in the 1900 MHz band, which is also the band the carrier’s CDMA technology runs in. Sprint said it expects the deal to…
In its five-year fiscal report for the top wireless carriers in the US, IE Market Research predicted that AT&T will overtake Verizon Wireless as the nation’s largest wireless carrier. The report cites AT&T’s increasing growth rate and Verizon’s falling growth rate for this leadership change which is expected to occur in 2011. Much of this…
Cricket Communications has signed a five-year wholesale agreement (MVNO) with Sprint, which will allow the company [Cricket] to offer its products and services over Sprint’s 3G network throughout the U.S. Exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed but we are definitely eager to see whether this semi-MVNO model can work for Cricket.…
For those of you awaiting the Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint, you might not have to wait much longer. Rumor is that the WiMax capable handset will be launching on August 11. The Epic 4G, in case you didn’t know, is a Galaxy S series handset from Samsung, one we covered quite a bit and…
Clearwire posted another bad quarter with a loss of more than $125 million but the 4G provider said it will be testing out Long-Term Evolution technology in a few markets. It’s not messing around either, as it claims it will provide speeds which are “unmatched” by any other carrier. The company, which is majority-owned by…
Clearwire is releasing a mobile hotspot that is aimed at bringing 4G speeds to your Apple iOS device. It’s clear (ha! get it?) that Clearwire is going after the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with iSpot 4G hotspot branding and the design of the device. The iSpot 4G device will create a WiFi hotspot…
If you’ve been kicking yourself for not pulling the trigger on the Android 2.2 Froyo update that was temporarily posted for your Sprint HTC EVO 4G, consider yourself relieved of remorse. We’re getting reports left and right that Sprint has started seeding the Android 2.2 update to EVO 4G units around the country. It’s not…
Sprint continues to tease us about the upcoming Samsung Epic 4G, as it just launched a new page for the upcoming Android superphone. There’s nothing really new on the page besides the ocean sounds in the background and the emphasis on the Swype virtual keyboard but we already know the Epic is going to be…
We’ve heard reports recently that Sprint has been testing WiMax in bigger cities, and it looks like NYC might be next up for an official launch. While it’s not official just yet, our own commenters have been saying that they’re seeing WiMax in various parts of the New York City boroughs from the Bronx all…
Sprint is still expanding its WiMax or 4G network giving HTC EVO 4G and Overdrive 3G/4G owners more reason to get excited. Well, if they live in the areas where it’s available, that is. Today, the carrier has announced that its WiMax service has hit three new states: Michigan, Delaware and Florida, and has added…