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Articles tagged with: Nextel and CDMA
Sprint Nextel Names New Boss for its CDMA Business
Sprint nextel has named Robert H. (Bob) Johnson president of its CDMA business unit. Johnson, a senior marketing, sales and customer service executive formerly with AT&T Wireless, will join the company later this month. more
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Sprint Nextel Q1 Loss Widens to $594 Million
Sprint nextel has reported its first-quarter financials - and recorded a deepening loss of US$594 million, down by 18% on the US$505 million a year ago. Net operating revenues were $8.2 billion, down 12% on the US$9.3 billion a year ago. more
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Sprint Nextel Reports Loss of 1.3 Million Customers in Q4 '08
Sprint nextel has reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$1.62 billion, compared to the extraordinary loss of US$29.3 billion a year ago, caused by the US$29 billion write down of its nextel purchase. Revenue in the quarter also fell 14.4 percent to $8.4 billion as 1.3 million subscribers decided to leave the company. more
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Virgin Mobile USA Added 216,000 Subscribers in Q4 '08
Virgin Mobile USA has announced that fourth quarter net customer additions were approximately 216,000 with churn for the fourth quarter 2008 of 4.8%. The CDMA based MVNO ended the year with approximately 5.38 million customers, including customers added with the acquisition of Helio, which closed on August 22, 2008. The Company attracted more than 3.3 million gross customer additions during the year. more
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Sprint Nextel Increases Comission Payments to Virgin Mobile
Sprint nextel has changed the terms of its commission payments to its MVNO partner, Virgin Mobile USA which suggests that the firm is taking a more aggressive stance in trying to boost its flagging subscriber base. more
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Sprint to Start Selling CDMA-WiMAX USB Modems
Sprint nextel has announced that it will start selling its first CDMA-WiMAX dual-mode device, a USB modem from next week - just before Christmas. Sprint launched 4G in Baltimore in September and plans to launch in other markets across the country throughout 2009. more
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Head of Sprint's CDMA Network Resigns
Sprint nextel has lost another senior director after the President of the CDMA network division, John Garcia resigned suddenly on Friday. Keith Cowan, currently Sprint's President of strategy and corporate development, will take over Garcia's duties until a permanent replacement can be found. more
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Sprint Nextel Confirms "Significant Interest" in Sale of Nextel Division
Sprint nextel has confirmed that it has received "significant interest" from companies interested in acquiring its nextel iDEN division - but warned that it doubts any bidder would be able to raise the funds in the current economic climate. more
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Private Equity Firms Interested in Buying Sprint Nextel's iDEN Network
Sprint nextel is attracting interest from private equity firms who are reported to be interested in taking control of the company's iDEN network. The company has confirmed that it would consider a sale, but that no specific activity is currently being carried out. more
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