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Sprint has signed agreements with a number of vendors to decommission the company’s iDEN network. Under the deal, these suppliers will negotiate lease termination agreements, restore cell site compounds and remove Sprint network equipment for re-use or recycling. The goal is to shut down a total of 9,600 iDEN sites before the end of the…
For the past week or so, there have been rumblings of Sprint working on its own NFC-based mobile payment service. Well, the folks over at Android Central has come across some snapshots of what The Now Network has planned. In the screenshots obtained by the tech site, you can see support from the likes of…
Sprint, like every other operator around the world, owns a finite amount of spectrum. Some of that spectrum is currently being used for iDEN, which was briefly popular several years ago because it came with a “walkie-talkie” feature that annoying assholes loved to use so everyone could hear their conversations. Now that practically no one…
In an unsurprising move, Sprint is no longer selling iDEN phones that run on Nextel’s network. The carrier has removed the iDEN handsets from Boost Mobile’s website and calls to several Sprint locations by Phone Scoop suggest the carrier is no longer stocking the phones in its stores. Earlier this year, Sprint began to accelerate the timeline…
The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for pre-order at three of the five US carriers that are selling the phone. Verizon and Sprint offer both the 16GB and 32GB models, with pricing set at $199 for the 16GB model and $249 for the 32GB model (prices include a two-year customer agreement). AT&T is offering…
The iPhone is sweeping across the United States, coming to several smaller, regional carriers. Just a few days back, the iPhone was tipped for Cricket Wireless, marking the first time Apple’s top-selling smartphone was available on the prepaid market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sprint will announce later this week that their Virgin Mobile…
Earlier today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S III will land at five US carriers starting this month. Now that the cat is out of the bag, carriers are chiming in with their individual launch details. Verizon already announced it would start taking pre-orders on June 6. And now, T-Mobile and Sprint both confirmed the flagship…
One month ago, on May 3rd, Samsung announced their 2012 Android flagship device, the Galaxy S III. Three weeks later it hit store shelves in Europe, and now it’s time for it to cross the pond and land in the United States. The South Korean handset vendor just issued a press release saying that their…
After a delay in customs, the EVO 4G LTE is now officially cleared and will be available in Sprint stores on June 2nd. That’s right, this Saturday you’ll be able to walk into a Sprint store and claim the hot new handset for yourself. Essentially a tweaked HTC One X, the EVO 4G LTE is…
Sprint has great news for those of you out there salivating to get your hands on the latest EVO, who didn’t get a chance to pre-order. Many of you know that all HTC One US variants have been held up at customs due to some Apple infringements. Thankfully, last week devices finally starting getting through…