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Articles tagged with: Sprint 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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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
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Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
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Ericsson Rumoured to have Won $2 Billion Deal from Sprint Nextel
Ericsson is reported to have won a huge US$2 billion service contract from US operator, sprint Nextel. Citing sources, the business news magazine, Affarsvarlden said the contract is said to be a surprise considering that Ericsson no long supports the CDMA technology used by sprint Nextel. The complex integration with the Motorola supplied iDEN network can only add to the headaches, although any deal could lead to speculation that Motorola might try to offload their entire iDEN platform to Ericsson. 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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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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Samsung to Launch a "Google Phone" in Q1 2009
Samsung is reported to be preparing to launch a new smartphone based on the Google backed Android operating system within the next few months. The second "Google Phone" is expected to be available in both GSM/3G and CDMA options and sold via T-Mobile and sprint Nextel. 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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