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Articles tagged with: Embarq and Sprint Nextel
Embarq, Sprint sue government over taxes
Embarq and its former corporate parent, Sprint Nextel, have sued the federal government to recover $31.6 million in income taxes. more
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UPDATE: Big Tech Inks WiMax Deal With Sprint, Clearwire
An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries are investing $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster than what is available today using a technology called WiMax. more
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Verizon Wireless, AT&T in price duel
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Verizon Wireless and rival AT&T unveiled plans Tuesday offering unlimited cell-phone calls for a flat rate, crossing a key line in the transformation of wireless service from a premium offering into a commodity. more
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Verizon Wireless Unveils Unlimited Calling Plan
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Verizon Wireless unveiled an unlimited flat-rate calling plan on Tuesday in a bid to attract high-end customers. more
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UPDATE: Sprint Nextel to Cut 4,000 Jobs and Close 8% of Retail Locations
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Sprint Nextel said Friday it would eliminate 4,000 jobs and close 8% of company-owned retail stores amid the loss of more key customers to rivals. 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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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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50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006
The Eastern Management Group has released the names of the World's 50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006. Compilation of the list is an annual joint effort between the firm's two largest and oldest practices. The Service Provider Consulting Practice assists businesses to establish and manage distribution channels and channel partners that sell to service providers throughout the world; while the Service Provider Market Research Practice performs ongoing tracking of all of the world's telecommunications service providers, in more than 200 countries and territories. 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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