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Motorola expects $780 million Nextel windfall
August 22, 2005
The mobile handset maker said it expects an after-tax gain of $780 million as a result of the megamerger of cellular providers Sprint and Nextel.
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Broken connection for Sprint Nextel
January 29, 2007
Merger challenges and dropped calls for consumers are taking a toll as Sprint aims to expand and upgrade.
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Sprint Nextel buys affiliate for $6.5 billion
December 21, 2005
Agreement to acquire Nextel Partners ends bitter dispute between the two companies over value of the deal.
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Sprint's WiMax dilemma
October 10, 2007
Sprint Nextel's ousted CEO may not be the only casualty as unhappy investors pressure the company to dump plans for a next-generation network.
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Sprint Nextel buys reseller for $4.3 billion
November 21, 2005
As part of the deal, Sprint Nextel and Alamosa, its largest PCS affiliate, will seek a stay of litigation.
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Sprint/Nextel merger favoring Qualcomm standard
February 10, 2005
Sprint execs say it'll be CDMA, not a Motorola standard, dominating the combined cell phone networks.
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Sprint, Nextel shareholders approve merger
July 13, 2005
Wednesday's votes supporting the $36 billion deal are just the latest example of investor enthusiasm for telecom consolidation.
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Sprint, Nextel agree to $35 billion merger
December 15, 2004
The deal combines the No. 3 and No. 5 wireless carriers and will produce a company with 40 million customers. For Sprint and Nextel, a battle with titans
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More Nextel phones get ready for business
May 23, 2005
The operator, merging with Sprint, sharpens up its mobile data offerings to defend from heavy competition.
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Sprint Nextel continues network build despite financial woes
January 9, 2007
Revenue remains flat and job cuts are planned, but that won't stop company from building planned fourth-generation WiMax network.
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Nextel kisses Flarion wireless broadband goodbye?
February 17, 2005
The Nextel-Sprint merger forces Flarion Technologies to look to Europe for business for its Flash OFDM standard.
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Sprint Nextel chairman to retire at year-end
October 10, 2006
Tim Donahue, former president and CEO of Nextel Communications, to step down at the end of the year.
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Feds approve Sprint-Nextel merger
August 4, 2005
FCC and Department of Justice's antitrust division approve the megamerger of the U.S. cell phone operators.
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Sprint CEO looks toward 4G wireless
June 27, 2006
Sprint Nextel's chief says the company is already looking toward the next generation of wireless technology. Photo: 4G a cost advantage, CEO says
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Mobile-phone outage hits N.Y. borough
August 10, 2006
Water damage in Verizon facility knocks out cell phone service for some Sprint Nextel customers in Queens.
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Fujifilm develops for Nextel
June 28, 2005
Aim, click, then print your cell phone photos. Fujifilm-based service is new at Nextel and coming soon to other carriers.
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Year in Review: Cell phones explode
December 31, 2004
Global cellular markets boomed. U.S. data services went through the roof. And handsets literally blew up.
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Telco heads can't rule out post-merger price hikes
March 2, 2005
CEOs of Verizon, SBC tell congressional panel that rate increases aren't planned after mega-mergers, but can't be ruled out.
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