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Articles tagged with: Sprint
Sprint Signs $5 Billion Network Management Deal With Ericsson
Sprint Nextel on Thursday announced it will transfer operation of its wireless and wireline networks to Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson. more
Related Tags: ericsson, network-management-, USA
Sprint to be Exclusive Wireless Data Provider for US Census Count
US network operator, sprint has won the contract to be the exclusive wireless provider to the US Census survey, being carried out by Harris Corp. for the US government. more
Related Tags: harris, security, USA
Cisco Joins WiMAX Forum Board of Directors
The WiMAX Forum has announced the addition of Cisco as a new member of its board of directors. Sai Subramanian, director of marketing for the broadband wireless business unit of Cisco, will serve as Cisco’s representative on the WiMAX Forum board. Last week, the WiMAX Forum also announced that it had added Tata Communications’ COO Prateek Pashine to its board. more
Related Tags: wimax-forum, wimax, cisco, nortel-networks, magticom, chipset, 4g
Ecuador's Correa says AT&T, Sprint, MCI owe fees
Ecuador's leftist president on Saturday accused U.S.-based telephone companies including AT&T, Sprint and MCI of "swindling" his country out of millions of dollars in long-distance fees that he claims they owe. more
Related Tags: at&t, verizon, rafael-correa, Ecuador
Hike in telecom capex expected in 2H09, though overall capex still down in 2009
Market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that global service provider capex (capital expenditures) hit a plateau at $298 billion in 2008, marking the end of a five-year investment cycle. This represented a 12.9% increase in capex spending from the previous year, with much of the growth due to currency appreciation against the US dollar, which peaked in July 2008. more
Related Tags: infonetics-research, capex, mobile-internet, fmc, weather, storm
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
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, early-termination-fees, nextel, etf, termination-fees, USA
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
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, cdma, at&t-wireless, nextel, USA
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
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, cdma, iden, clearwire, nextel, USA
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
Related Tags: ericsson, sprint-nextel, sven-christer--nilsson, outsourcing, nextel, USA
Palm Pre Aims at the iPhone, Preliminary Cost Analysis Reveals
Palm is aiming high with its new Pre, a smart phone that rival's Apple's iPhone in terms of slickness - and in terms of hardware features - according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: isuppli, palm-pre, palm, apple, iphone, blackberry, cdma, cdma-evdo, memory, apple-iphone, smart, operating-system, nand, flash