Sprint Nextel News

Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones.

Sprint Nextel has hemorrhaged customers, largely because people were abandoning the Nextel service.

Amidst all of Sprint's eagerness to phase out its iDEN network , the carrier hasn't given us a hard cutoff date to mark on our calendars until now.

Sprint Nextel announced today that it has entered into a new $1 billion credit facility with Deutsche Bank and a syndicate of other banks to finance equipment purchases from Ericsson for Network Vision.

Sprint Nextel announced today that it has entered into a new $1 billion credit facility with Deutsche Bank and a syndicate of other banks to finance equipment purchases from Ericsson for Network Vision.

Sprint Nextel announced today that it intends to redeem a portion of fourth quarter 2013 debt maturities with an aggregate principal amount of $1 billion on June 8, 2012.

We believe that Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA have seen a reversal of fortunes over the last 3-5 years.

St. Cloud, Minn. May 28, 2012 NewCore Wireless, a leading provider of hosted switching and wireless carrier support services, announced they recently hired two additional full time team members in their Network Engineering Department; Michael Masog and Tim Boie.

Spectrum changes approved by the Federal Communications Commission late last week open the door for Sprint to launch an LTE service and provide hospitals with a way to wirelessly monitor their patients.

A report released by J.D. Power and Associates stated that as the average price of a wireless phone call drops, more consumers are subscribing to wireless service than ever before.

Brian Dunn, president and chief executive officer of Best Buy Co. Inc., speaks during a Sprint Nextel Corp.

U.S. stocks fluctuated as concern about Spain's finances tempered optimism with data showing American consumer confidence rose to the highest since 2007.

The agency removed a limit on channel width in part of the band, allowing Sprint and others to use 3G and 4G The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

Google Wallet is turning one, but the application that was supposed to transform the smartphone into a wallet and revolutionize how consumers pay for things has barely gotten off the ground.

An analyst lowered his price target for Leap Wireless International Inc. on Friday because of tougher competition for the wireless carrier.

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Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann said Thursday a merger of the T-Mobile USA division is an option, while ruling out revisiting a complete sale after its fallout with AT&T last year.“We do not exclude any option for the T-Mobile unit in the U.S., also not a merger,” Obermann told shareholers Thursday at an annual ... (more)

Shares in most regional stocks gained ground, albeit modestly, Thursday, as the overall stock market was up slightly.The biggest percentage regional gainers included Sprint, Great Plains Energy and Waddell & Reed.

In exchange for getting the iPhone 4 and 4S on its network, the company agreed to pay $15 billion in subsidies over the next four years.

A cell phone was reported stolen on Friday, May 18 from a display at the Sprint PCS Store on Highland Avenue.