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Clearwire and Sprint's big bet on Wimax is now officially on its way, as the two have completed the deal to combine their Wimax (what they call 4G) efforts. The announcement came today on a lazy Thanksgiving Friday, and more details will be announced on Monday. With the closing, Sprint ( NYSE: S...
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Sprint ( NYSE: S ) just can't get a break. A fresh class-action lawsuit is accusing the carrier of cheating thousands of retail store employees out of sales commissions due to a computer snafu, The Kansas City Star reports . A Sprint spokesman told us the matter is still very early in the legal process...
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There are four major wireless carriers in the U.S., and all but Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ) have a default mobile search provider. Both AT&T ( NYSE: T ) and T-Mobile USA use Yahoo! ( NSDQ: YHOO ) and Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel uses Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ). If Verizon Wireless chooses Yahoo!, that...
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-- Orange launching 60 TV channels in France: Orange is gearing up to launch a mobile TV service in France that will feature 60 channels of high-quality video on the carrier's 3G and UMA platform, Unstrung reports . The service is the first of its kind to use 3G and UMA (or Wi-Fi) to offer seamless...
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The head of Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel's CDMA business, John Garcia, is leaving, WSJ reports . No reason was given for his departure and a company spokesperson declined to comment. Sprint's CDMA business makes up 70 percent of its customer base. Keith Cowan, president of strategy and corporate...
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Clearwire ( NSDQ: CLWR ) shareholders approved the company's merger with Sprint's WiMax business today during a special meeting. Clearwire said it's on pace to close the transaction by the end of the year, at which point the new Clearwire will receive $3.2 billion in fresh capital from Intel...
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Outsourcing is now standard among cellphone carriers, whether it's for call centers or retail sales. But as Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel looks for ways to right its listing ship, it is mulling a fairly dramatic outsourcing effort that could involve thousands of its IT and network-operations employees...
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Clearwire is one step closer to finalizing its merger with Sprint Nextel's WiMax division after it came to an agreement with iPCS, which filed a temporary injunction against the joint venture alleging that the new Clearwire ( NSDQ: CLWR ) will be violating a deal it has with Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel...
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-- Mywaves Adds Indian Studio Content To Platform: Mukta Arts , a 30-year-old film studio in India, is bringing its content to mywaves to promote upcoming films and pictures from its existing catalog. The new channel will include trailers, behind-the-scenes interviews, music videos, outtakes from films...
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The National Football League has confirmed that it won't be putting out an iPhone version of its NFL app anytime soon, despite the relative popularity of the Major League Baseball's app for the device, reports alleyinsider.com . Why? The NFL already has a lucrative, exclusive deal with wireless...
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When Steve Elfman, one of Motricity's highest-ranking executives, left to join Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel earlier this year, it appeared to be a bad sign for Motricity, which had just paid $135 million for Elfman's company, InfoSpace ( NSDQ: INSP ) Mobile. But in an interview with us a couple...
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SK Telecom ( NYSE: SKM ) has decided not to form a joint venture or collaborate on business projects with Sprint Nextel, according to Reuters , which referenced a report in the Yonhap News. Sprint rejected a $5 billion investment by SK and a group of private equity firms in 2007, but rumors kept resurfacing...