The widely rumored transaction, announced Wednesday, would create a company called Sprint Nextel with about $40 billion in combined yearly revenue and more than 35 million wireless subscribers, ...
Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. provided a rare dose of good news for the telecommunications industry Tuesday, surprising investors with its first quarterly profit and a higher full-year ...
Cellphone operator Nextel Communications Inc. on Monday accepted a controversial government plan that would require the company to spend billions to revamp its wireless network to prevent it from ...
NEW YORK -- Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will start phasing out the Nextel part of its network in 2013, a decision that follows near-constant subscriber losses since Sprint bought Nextel in 2005. The ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The FCC has released the Order (FCC 04-168) with details on how Nextel will be allowed to receive ...
Nextel Communications last week proposed paying about $512 million to move the electronic newsgathering operations of television broadcasters from spectrum that Nextel wants to use for telephony ...
Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. While a ...
Ever since 1987 when it was named Fleet Call, Nextel Communications has been known for its two-way radio service. From the walkie-talkies toted by taxi drivers in the late 1980s to today's more ...
After Sprint merged with Nextel Communications, Leigh Elliott noticed that her Nextel phone started dropping calls in places where it used to get coverage just fine. "On my 20-minute drive to and from ...
It was only six months ago that Sprint decommissioned and shut down the Nextel iDEN push-to-talk network, and while the carrier has no plans to bring that legacy service back, the brand is another ...
The proposed sale of cell phone operator Nextel Communications to Sprint is forcing some drastic changes at Flarion Technologies, whose wireless Internet gear is fast enough to rival a cable ...
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it would buy outstanding shares of Nextel Partners Inc. in a deal valued at $6.5 billion, or $28.50 per share, settling a legal battle with its largest affiliate.