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It’s a happy day in WiMAX land as Sprint and Clearwire have reconciled their differences and are now back together again. The two are so buddy, buddy that Sprint is going to invest $1 billion in Clearwire and the two companies will share 3G and 4G network resources. It won’t overtake the sheer size of…
A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Sprint is looking to ink deals with both Clearwire and Lightsquared to rent space on its wireless network. For Lightsquared, the leasing deal would let the company expand its wireless network without the extra costs associated with building out a network. Lightsquared is wholesale broadband network provided…
Sprint chief Dan Hesse today took aim against the pending AT&T and T-Mobile deal that could radically affect the US wireless landscape. Hesse took to the keynote stage at the ClimateOne conference in San Francisco to speak out against the proposed AT&T buyout of the Duetsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, which we first caught wind of just…
Sprint is making a big push with its green initiatives and it has just launched its first eco-friendly Android phone, the Samsung Replenish. The Samsung Replenish is powered by Android 2.2 Froyo and it features a full QWERTY keyboard on the face. It also rocks a 2.8-inch QVGA display and a single-core MSM7627-2 600 MHz…
We’ve heard plenty about a Motorola Xoom arriving for Sprint, and it seems like it should be coming any day now. Will we find a Wi-Fi model before a WiMax-equipped version comes first? Having both launch at the same time would be ideal, I think, although Sprint really could use the tablet to rope in…
Sprint is in a difficult spot and must buy Clearwire if the carrier wants to be competitive in the 4G market, according to analyst Patrick Comack of Zachary Investment Research. The wireless carrier is faced with increasing pressure over the possible acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. Such a merger would put Sprint far behind its…
Well, it looks like Sprint is jumping on the carrier billing wagon, alongside T-Mobile and AT&T, and more recently three carriers in Japan. Sprint is rolling out carrier billing support for their Android phones, giving users the new option to purchase an application from the Android Market and charge it to their monthly Sprint bill.…
Just can’t wait for the HTC EVO 3D for Sprint, and looking for a WiMAX-toting Android phone sooner rather than later? Well, luckily for you, the Sprint Nexus S 4G is now up for pre-order at Best Buy! With the exception of the 4G radio and being on Sprint, there’s virtually nothing differentiating the existing…
Rumor has it that Sprint is prepping to launch the Motorola Xoom tablet soon. Unlike Verizon which launched with the 4G version of tablet, Sprint will be offering the WiFi version of the Android slate first. A WiMAX version of the Xoom is under production but it will not hit retail shelves until a later,…
Sprint announced a new music-playing app called Sprint Music Plus and this should be a convenient way for its subscribers to turn their phones into a rocking music machine. The Sprint Music Plus app is available for the carrier’s Android phones like the EVO 4G. It will be coming to the BlackBerry and Java phones…