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Articles tagged with: Nextel and Sprint
T-Mobile Agrees to Settle Early Termination Fees Lawsuit
T-Mobile USA has proposed a settlement of a lawsuit against the company for charging early termination fees (ETF) to customers who close their account before their contract has expired. Under the terms of the agreement, which is still waiting for court approval, the company would make a payment of US$11.5 million to customers affected between July 1999 and Feb 2009. more
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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 Closer to $2 Billion Network Outsourcing Deal
The persistent rumours that Sprint nextel is nearing a deal to outsource its network infrastructure management to Ericsson got another boost as the Wall Street Journal said the negotiations are nearing their completion. more
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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
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Sprint Outlines WiMAX Expansion Programme
USA network, Sprint nextel has announced the next markets in its WiMAX network rollout. The network is being folded into the national WiMAX network being built by its joint-partner, Clearwire. Sprint says that it plans to deploy WiMAX in many markets in 2009, including: Atlanta, Honolulu, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia, DallasFort Worth, Portland and Seattle more
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The Gap in Call Quality Performance among US Mobile Networks Narrows
As the wireless services industry becomes more competitive, the gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
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US Operator Subscriber Growth is "Optimistic"
A research note from Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett has warned that the US operators are being optimistic about their subscriber growth forecasts. He warned that the operators are all anticipating subscriber growth of around 4.6% for 2009, which is lower than the 5.9% achieved in 2008, but is still unlikely to be achieved. more
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Fitch Downgrades Sprint Nextel's IDR to 'BB'; Outlook Negative
Debt ratings agency, Fitch has downgraded Sprint nextel's Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'BB' with a negative outlook. Fitch says that Sprint nextel's downgrade is reflective of the significant continued revenue declines primarily due to the high subscriber losses as well as the limited visibility over the timing and the extent of how overall operating trends might improve during 2009. In particular, the iDEN operations have continued a sharp deterioration of its operating metrics. 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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