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Articles tagged with: Cingular and Sprint Nextel
Verizon-Alltel Deal Just One of Many as Wireless Consolidates
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Verizon Communications's $28.1 billion agreement to acquire Alltel Corp. is the latest megamerger in a wireless industry that's quickly consolidating to compensate for slowing subscriber growth. more
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New Sprint CEO Has a History of Keeping Things Simple
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- New Sprint Nextel Chief Executive Dan Hesse likes to keep things simple. more
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UPDATE: Apple To Roll Out IPhone On June 29
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Apple said it will release the iPhone on June 29, as the company rolled out a slate of commercials over the weekend to promote the combination mobile phone and iPod music player. more
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Sprint Nextel Drops in Customer Satisfaction Survey
Customer satisfaction with the goods and services that Americans buy continues to improve, but at a slower rate, according to a report released by the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The ACSI is up 0.4% to an overall score of 75.2 on the ACSI's 100-point scale, the highest quarterly national average in the ACSI?s 14-year history. more
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UPDATE: Sprint Nextel Moves To A Loss
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Sprint Nextel said Wednesday it lost more than $200 million in the first quarter, as the nation's third largest wireless-phone company lost key customers to rivals and invested more money in its network. more
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Citibank Introduces Citi Mobile Banking Service For Cellphone
NEW YORK (AP)--Citibank, the retail banking arm of Citigroup, said Monday it's starting a mobile banking service that customers can download to their cellphones. more
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Wireless Industry Pushing For Broader Mobile Music Adoption
ORLANDO, Fla. -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry hopes that consumers will be humming to a different tune as carriers and handset makers more aggressively push people to listen to music on their cellphones. more
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Sprint Testing Unlimited Cell Plan For Calling, Texting, Net"
NEW YORK (AP)--Sprint Nextel is testing a novel cellular plan in the San Francisco Bay Area that features unlimited call time, text messages and Internet access on a mobile phone for $120 a month. more
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Sprint 4Q Net Up, Post-Paid Customers Fall"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel is slipping further behind the top two U.S. wireless carriers in the fourth quarter. more
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Verizon Wireless To Raise Text Messaging Rate March 1
NEW YORK (AP)--Verizon Wireless is raising the text messaging rate for customers without a monthly texting plan to 15 cents per message sent or received, an increase of 5 cents. more
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