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Sprint adds Kansas City and Baltimore to list of LTE markets
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If you've been waiting to see if your 'hood would be next up for Sprint to bless with a shiny new LTE network we've got some potentially good news: by mid-2012 both Kansas City (regardless of what side of the Kansas / Missouri border you happen to be on) and...
Forty percent of Sprint’s 1.8 million iPhone sales were to new customers
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U.S. wireless carrier Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless telecommunications network, today announced holiday quarter earnings which contain a few interesting tidbits related to iPhone performance. Sprint, which ponied up $20 billion to land the iPhone last October, in a statement called the iPhone launch “successful”, adding: Forty percent of...
Sprint's Motorola Photon Q LTE World Phone is coming 'very soon'
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During Sprint's earnings call, CEO Dan Hesse revealed that Motorola's Photon Q, the company's latest LTE World Phone is coming "very soon." Developing...Sprint's Motorola Photon Q LTE World Phone is coming 'very soon' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for...
Sprint can barely wait to rid itself of Nextel network
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse For the first time in six years, Sprint’s aging Nextel and wireline businesses didn’t overwhelm all positive gains from its primary CDMA business in its quarterly results. Sprint was helped along by 1.8 million iPhone activations, leading to big gains in revenue per subscriber and boosting...
Sprint Posts Wide Loss, Big Gain in Revenue and Customers Thanks, in Part, to the iPhone
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Sprint on Wednesday posted a large net loss amid various charges, but also saw it boost overall sales as it added more than half a million contract customers to the Sprint brand. For the three months ended Dec. 31, Sprint lost $1.3 billion or 43 cents per share, on revenue...
HTC And Sprint Officially Unveil The New EVO 4G LTE
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It’s hardly a surprise anymore (as is usually the case) but here it is anyway – Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and HTC President Jason Mackenzie have just taken the stage at their collaboration event in New York, and just officially unveiled the new EVO 4G LTE. For all my moaning about...
Sprint CEO defends company’s decision to bet it all on Apple’s iPhone
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Sprint chief executive Dan Hesse is being watched closely by the company’s board of directors, but the CEO has to answer to investors and subscribers as well. Last year in October, Hesse revealed that the company is placing a massive $15.5 billion bet on Apple’s iPhone, and in a...
Sprint Confirms It Will Still Serve Unlimited Data To The Next iPhone
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Sprint plans to offer unlimited data on the next iPhone even if it’s LTE. This would make the carrier the only one in the U.S. with the pairing. Verizon and AT&T went away from unlimited plans before the iPhone 4S launched in 2011 leaving just Sprint with both unlimited data...
Join us for the CTIA keynote with the CEOs of the big four US carriers, tomorrow at 5:30PM ET!
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In what seems to be turning into an annual tradition, the CEOs of the largest mobile operators in the US will be matching wits with Jim Cramer -- and each other -- in tomorrow afternoon's CTIA keynote. This year, however, we'll get to hear from T-Mobile chief Phillip Humm...
Softbank to buy 70% Sprint stake to gain entry into US market
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$21.1bn deal for stake in No 3 US carrier is the most a Japanese mobile operator has spent on an overseas acquisitionJapanese mobile operator Softbank Corp has said it will buy up to 70% in Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest US carrier, for $21.1bn (£13bn) - the most a Japanese...
Google Taking The Ax to Motorola, Cutting 20 Percent of Staff, or 4,000 Jobs
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While still not going into details on its product plans, Google is ready to say one thing about the future of Motorola under its stewardship. It will be a smaller endeavor. The company is cutting roughly 4,000 jobs, 20 percent of the company’s roughly 20,000 workers, according to a source...
Sprint to expand 4G LTE to Kansas City and Baltimore this year
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Sprint announced on Wednesday that it expects to activate its upcoming 4G LTE network in Baltimore and in Kansas City. The carrier has already said that it will flip the switch on its first 4G LTE networks in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio by mid-2012. The carrier’s first LTE devices...
Sprint reportedly cancelling its early upgrade program June 1st
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Like dominoes, Sprint's consumer-friendly policies continue to fall one at a time. Citing "high costs," the Now Network will begin discontinuing its practice of allowing customers to upgrade their phone 10-14 days prior to the official date of eligibility. According to the memo leaked by TechnoBuffalo, the program will...
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's plan to fight AT&T and Verizon: 'doing the right thing'
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Sprint is feeling pretty positive about itself these days. Most obviously, it dodged a bullet when AT&T failed to acquire T-Mobile, but since then Sprint's last quarterly results were better than usual by Sprint's usual standards — though perhaps that's damning the company with faint praise. Nevertheless, Sprint was...
Softbank Acquires Majority Stake In Sprint
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Japanese mobile provider Softbank is to buy up to 70 per cent of beleaguered U.S. cellphone network Sprint. The deal, announced earlier this morning in Tokyo, is worth $20.1 billion, and is the biggest overseas acquisition ever made by a Japanese firm. The deal will give Sprint, the third largest...
As Nextel mass exodus begins, Sprint reels customers back in
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You would think shutting down one of its major networks would lead to big subscriber losses at Sprint, but that wasn’t the case. Sprint gained 283,000 net new customers in the second quarter, not a huge number, but quite impressive when you consider nearly 1 million Nextel and Boost Mobile...
Sprint reveals it spent $15.5 billion to fuel its iPhone hunger
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Sprint's SEC filings have revealed that the carrier has committed to purchasing $15.5 billion worth of iPhones as part of the long-promised $20 billion gamble. If each handset costs around $630 at trade, then we're talking about the network holding nearly 24 million units. Given that the company most...
Sprint’s Aging iDEN Network Could Go Dark As Soon As June 2013
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has been planning to kill off the carrier’s aging iDEN network since 2010, but now Sprint has finally delivered a date for iDEN’s demise. The carrier has just announced that they plan to pull the plug on their iDEN network as soon as June 30, 2013....
Live from CTIA with Jim Cramer and the CEOs of the four largest US carriers!
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In one corner, we have CNBC's Jim Cramer. And in the other corner stands the heads of the four largest mobile operators in the United States: Ralph de la Vega (AT&T Mobility), Dan Mead (Verizon Wireless), Dan Hesse (Sprint) and Philipp Humm (T-Mobile). We fully expect Jim to lob...
Sprint loss widens to $767 million in Q3, iPhone sales total 1.5 million
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Sprint (S) on Thursday reported its results for the third quarter, revealing yet another loss for the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. Sprint posted a net loss of $0.26 per share, or $767 million, on sales totaling $7.3 billion. The net loss is about 55% wider than the $301 million Sprint...
Sprint to Offer Unlimited Data Plans for Next iPhone, Even if LTE Included
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Earlier this month, Sprint revealed that it would continue to offer its unlimited data plans as it rolls out its first LTE devices. The news led to reasonable speculation that the policy would also apply to an LTE-enabled iPhone, which is expected to launch later this year. CNET now reports...
Sprint CEO: iPhone users are more loyal, use less data
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Last year in October reports from the Wall Street Journal revealed Sprint CEO Dan Hesse had convinced the company’s board to take on a staggering commitment of approximately $20 billion to purchase 30.5 million iPhones over four years. At the time Hesse said Sprint “would likely lose money on...
Sprint adds bite-sized 3G, 4G tablet plans with no activation fees
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Next month, Sprint (s) will begin offering data plans for tablets in lower capacities and prices, hoping to attract tablet owners who don’t need much data in a given month. On Nov. 11, the carrier will add both a 100 MB and 1 GB data plan as a special contract offer and...
Sprint to offer $100 towards an iPhone 4S when users trade in an older iPhone
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Sprint has yet to make money on the iPhone and probably won't be doing so any time soon, but it's apparently confident enough in its strategy to be paying for prospective customers to upgrade their phones. TechnoBuffalo has gotten word of a promotion that will apparently give current iPhone...
The HTC Evo One smartphone is so big and powerful they gave it a kickstand
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The emergence of tablet computers has companies pushing the boundaries of acceptable size when it comes to smartphones. I got a sneak peek at the HTC Evo One today and the phone, with a 4.7 inch screen, actually has a kickstand attached so you can prop it up on your desk...
iPhones just work better with simpler plans, Sprint CEO says
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CEO Dan Hesse also says there are no plans to move to a shared data plan similar to Verizon and AT&T. [Read more]...
Small and medium-sized carriers join forces to combat AT&T and Verizon
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The Rural Cellular Association has officially changed its name to the Competitive Carriers Association, embracing the rather awkward reality that distinctly non-rural operators like Sprint, T-Mobile and MetroPCS now make up its membership. The battle lines were drawn a long time ago, but now the lineup is official: it’s AT&T...
Next iPhone will get unlimited 4G on Sprint—if it's compatible
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Sprint's iPhone-using subscribers will continue to have access to unlimited data service for the foreseeable future, according to CEO Dan Hesse. And that will include unlimited 4G LTE service, assuming the next iPhone is indeed compatible with the high speed wireless standard. Sprint got its first crack at lucrative iPhone...
iPhone users consume less data than Android, says Sprint CEO
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse stated in a recent Mobile World Live interview that iPhone users are more profitable for the carrier because they use less data than Android users. “iPhone customers have a lower level of churn, and they actually use less data on average than a high-end, 4G...
Sprint Promises Unlimited Data for LTE iPhone (Network Willing)
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Sprint plans to offer an unlimited data plan for Apple’s next iPhone even if it supports LTE, a faster data standard certain to demand more of its network. That’s the word from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, who tells CNET that the carrier’s unlimited data plan has been far too much...
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