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1. Apple sued over camera patent by litigant with a past

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Clair sued Samsung, Matsushita, Victor, JVC, Nokia, HP and Eastman Kodak. Kodak and Samsung have licensed the technology.In 2006, St Clair sued Siemens, BenQ, AUdiovox, UT Starcom, Sprint Nextel, Cingular, ...

2. Sprint Nextel to acquire Virgin Mobile in $483 million deal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Sprint Nextel is going more aggressively after the prepaid cellphone market. The company today said it is acquiring Virgin Mobile for about $483 million, including the 13.1% stake it already owns. The ...

3. 4G Sprint trial to continue

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   A move by Sprint to strike out claims against IPCS in a court case was dismissed by a Cook County, Illinois circuit court. Schaumberg, Il - A move by Sprint to strike out claims against IPCS in a court ...

4. Intel is the largest green power purchaser in the U.S.

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... million kWh), Dell (554 million kWh) and Whole Foods Market (527 million). Other IT companies in the ranking include Cisco (#9, 401 million kWh), Sprint Nextel (#38, 88 million kWh), Sony DADC  (#40, ...

5. Sprint Nextel loses $1.62 billion 4Q'2008

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Sprint Nextel posted revenues of $8.43 billion in 4Q'2008, which is down from $9.85 billion in the same period 2007. For the year they posted $35.6 billion in revenues, down from $40.15 billion the year ...

6. Amazon may have sold 500,000 Kindles in 2008

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... sold 500,000 Kindles last year - above the 380,000 that were previously expected. Mahaney used regulatory filings by Sprint and Nextel as a key factor in making the determination. These networks are ...

7. Palm Treo 850 on sale at Best Buy for $699.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... keyboard and five hours of talk time. Like the iPhone, this Treo requires a service contract with Sprint Nextel.Palm also recently announced Treo Pro is available in Columbia. See Best Buy's website ...

8. Sprint Nextel will eliminate 8,000 jobs, save $1.2 billion annually

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

     Sprint Nextel Corp announced today it would cut 8,000 positions in Q1'2009 (before the end of March) in an effort to reduce costs by $1.2 billion annually. Overland Park (KS) - Sprint Nextel Corp announced ...

9. Sprint changes the face of wireless plan pricing with $50 unlimited

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

     If you’re like me, then more than likely you don’t see a wireless bill that’s under $100 a month. However, Sprint could be changing that with their new $50 per month unlimited wireless ...

10. Sprint will sell 3G/4G modem

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

      Sprint Nextel on Sunday will start selling the first modem compatible with third- and fourth-generation networks, the company said Wednesday. In November , the Overland Park-based wireless carrier ...

11. FCC approves Sprint’s WiMax deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sprint Nextel and Clearwire can combine their wireless broadband businesses to form a $14.5 billion wireless communications company, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The FCC voted ...

12. Wireless firms queried on rising texting rates

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... years. Sen. Herb Kohl, chair of the antitrust subcommittee and a Wisconsin Democrat, wrote to Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile to express concern about "what appear to be sharply ...

13. Best Buy gets a slice of the iPhone pie

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... have a Best Buy Mobile presence. Best Buy Mobile is also the only authorized third-party reseller for Sprint Nextel's Samsung Instinct, meaning that the iPhone will be offered next to competing smartphones. ...

14. Sprint Nextel reports Q2 loss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said Wednesday it swung to a second-quarter loss on severance and other charges but still beat Wall Street expectations and said it had slowed ...

15. Android delayed to Q4: iPhone 3G set for slam dunk?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... whether it will support Android phone at all. T-Mobile is believed to deliver Android handsets in the fourth quarter of this year. Sprint Nextel said will not offer Android devices this year. Sprint may ...

16. Four largest cellphone carriers squeezing smaller providers out of the market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Recently published cellphone market share numbers in the U.S. indicate that the four largest carriers in the U.S. - AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile - have found ...

17. “Incoming nuke … cya l8ter xoxoxo” – FCC approves SMS alert system

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... participating carriers. So far T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and AT&T have agreed to relay the messages to subscribers. Washington DC – The Federal Communications Commission has approved a ...

18. Comcast, Time Warner may rescue Sprint’s Xohm WiMax service

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      The recent financial troubles at Sprint put the rollout of its WiMax service Xohm in limbo. But someone’s problem is always the opportunity of someone else and it appears that a group of cable ...

19. Qantas to offer Internet access on Australian flights

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    ... “world edition” phone,  like the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, your Verizon/Nextel/Sprint devices won’t work. The maximum connection speed is 80 Kb/s per device. Pricing was kept under wraps.  ...

20. T-Mobile may acquire Sprint Nextel – analyst

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to avoid a price war: Sprint Nextel is about twice the size of T-Mobile USA but could substantially cheaper than Voicestream once was. Analysts from Merrill Lynch today floated the idea that T-Mobile ...

21. Zyxel begins shipping WiMAX routers to Sprint Nextel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Zyxel Communications has begun shipping its WiMAX routers exclusively designed for US-based Sprint Nextel for the implementation of its WiMAX-based XHOM services, according to market sources. The shipments ...

22. AT&T Wireless tops 70 million subscribers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... of 70.1 million – which translates into a 27.7% share of the U.S market. Verizon Wireless currently has 64 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel 54 million and T-Mobile 28 million. The CTIA estimates ...

23. Sprint Nextel cuts 4000 jobs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wireless phone company Sprint Nextel said Friday it plans to slash 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations in a move to gird itself for an expected slowdown in subscriber growth and revenue. Its shares ...

24. Asustek to push WiMAX-based notebooks in 2008

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Asustek Computer will cooperate with Intel and Sprint Nextel to push WiMAX technology by launching WiMAX-based notebooks in 2008, announced Asustek chairman Jonney Shih, at CES 2008. Asustek is planning ...

25. Taiwan makers voice concerns over Sprint Nextel WiMax unit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Taiwan-based WiMax equipment makers have expressed concerns about a potential spin off of Sprint Nextel's WiMax unit ("Xohm"). The makers stated that the uncertainty over the unit's future ...

26. Sprint in talks with Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, is in talks to put applications from web search leader Google on its cell phones, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Google is in talks with ...

27. Disney pulls plug on mobile phone service

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Sprint Nextel. Disney said it has been struggling to secure retail partners for the phone and its service, and has announced that it is no longer selling it to new customers.  Existing customers ...

28. Jury finds Vonage guilty of patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    A U.S. federal court jury in Kansas City today found Vonage guilty of willfully infringing on six patents held by Sprint Nextel. The jury awarded Sprint Nextel $69.5 million in damages, which is 5% of ...

29. Single network card downed LAX computers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... in its external Sprint Nextel lines and waited several hours for a Sprint technician to appear.  After three hours, the technician discovered that the problem was actually in the internal network.  ...

30. Los Angeles Airport officials criticize feds over computer glitches

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... area network and to the outside national database. Unfortunately, Customs technicians misdiagnosed the problem and initially blamed the network failure on its external Sprint Nextel lines.  To compound ...

31. YouTube at 80 MPH with Sprint’s mobile broadband

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Sprint EVDO mobile broadband  Opinion – Everyday, millions of people check their emails, watch YouTube videos and chat on Skype, but imagine doing that while speeding 80 miles-per-hour down ...

32. Google joins Sprint to set up WiMax network

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... sharing project, Sprint will develop major wireless networks while Google offers specific applications that users can tap into while using the WiMax service. Unlike traditional Wi-Fi signals, WiMax offers ...

33. Virgin Mobile swings for $500+ million IPO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... conglomerate Virgin and fellow service provider Sprint Nextel, sells prepaid cell phones and cell phone cards.  It currently holds about 15% of the prepaid wireless market, according to Reuters.  ...

34. Sprint and Clearwire partner up on WiMax

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Kansas City (MO) – Sprint Nextel will be teaming up with Clearwire Corp. to rollout a nationwide WiMax network.  The partnership will allow Sprint to split costs and management responsibility ...

35. Sprint offers social mapping on mobile phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sprint has partnered up with Mountain View-based Loopt to offer friend tracking services on upcoming GPS-equipped phones. Mountain View (CA) – Sprint has partnered up with Mountain View-based ...

36. Sprint launches GPS shopping application

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    New York (NY)  - Sprint Nextel Corp. said on Thursday it is offering new mobile software that uses GPS technology, allowing customers to search and check prices on products at their local retailers. ...

37. Verizon, Spring offer `world' BlackBerry

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. are introducing a BlackBerry e-mail phone that's compatible with the cellular technology more common in other countries in addition to the standard used on ...

38. Japan’s KDDI Corp breaks into U.S. mobile phone market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... phone towers, but will piggyback on the Sprint-Nextel Network.  The company promises to offer services in 49 out of the 50 states – sorry Alaska. Reconfigured Sprint Nextel phones will be offered ...

39. CES 2007: Motorola, Sprint-Nextel to bring Wimax to Chicago

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Motorola said that it has been chosen by Sprint-Nextel to build a Wimax infrastructure for Chicago, Ill. Las Vegas (NV) - Motorola said that it has been chosen by Sprint-Nextel to build a Wimax infrastructure ...

40. CES 2007: Palm launches Treo 750 smartphone

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... complements Palm's Winodws Mobile OS-running 700 series, which so far consisted of the 700wx (for the Sprint-Nextel network) and the 700w (Verizon Wireless). The 750 is the first Windows Mobile-based Treo ...

41. CES 2007: First live demo of mobile Wimax

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sprint-Nextel, Samsung, Motorola and Intel are offering a glimpse at mobile Wimax, also known as 802.16e or - in Sprint terms - 4G, with a first public demonstration of the technology at CES 2007. Las ...

42. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... for mobile devices Motorola, Sprint-Nextel to bring Wimax to Chicago Impressions - teetering on the edge Intel rolls out new quad-core processor Core 2 Quad Q6600 200 GB Blu-ray discs, ...

43. Sprint to put Microsoft search on its mobile phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

      Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel said on Wednesday it will place Microsoft's search engine on its mobile phones, marking the software maker's most significant step to gain a U.S. foothold in the budding ...

44. Boost Mobile intros pay-as-you-go MP3 phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    As an alternative to other famous music phones that require service contracts, like Sprint's Fusic and Verizon's Chocolate, Boost Mobile today announced its latest handset from Motorola, the i885. It ...

45. T-Mobile invests $4.2 billion in 3G

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... ended the second quarter of this year with 23 million subscribers, while Sprint Nextel reported 51 million, Verizon 54 million and Cingular 57 million. All carriers went through a phase of dramatic growth ...

46. Novatel Wireless and Sprint launch first EV-DO Rev. A US broadband service

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    The evolution of wireless broadband in North America has been one, to borrow a phrase, of fits and starts. Last March, Novatel Wireless and Sprint announced they'd fit themselves together somehow to give ...

47. First look at Nextel's FanView trackside video receiver for race fans

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    It's an amazing device whose intention is to change the way you view racing: FanView the portable digital trackside media receiver from Sprint Nextel. Thanks to a licensing agreement with NASCAR, Nextel ...

48. Sprint Nextel to launch 4 Mb WiMax network in Q4 2007

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Sprint Nextel aims to become the first nationwide WiMax provider in the U.S. The company today announced plans to deploy its next-generation "4G" network that will combine regular CDMA phone capability ...

49. Research group says 'quadruple play' the wave of the future

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... play tacks on wireless to the mix. Sprint Nextel recently partnered up with Time Warner, Comcast and Cox to offer wireless service as an add-on to customers' cable bills. In addition, the cable companies ...

50. Disney unveils plans to launch mobile phone network

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Disney today has announced plans to launch a "Disney Mobile" wireless network. Designed for families, the new service will piggyback on Sprint Nextel's infrastructure and will allow parents to not only ...