Sprint buries the Nextel brand once and for all
The Nextel brand has been dormant ever since Sprint shut down the iDEN network last year, but in order to put any remaining rumors to …
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CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and …
Sprint may once again follow where T-Mobile leads
Over the past year, T-Mobile has unleashed a series of bold new initiatives aimed at stealing customers away from wireless giants AT&T and Verizon. So …
Guess which wireless carrier has the biggest bills in America
Consumers and businesses in America spend billions on wireless service each year. And it’s no wonder — the average cost of cell phone service on …
Deutsche Telekom denies it’s rushing to unload T-Mobile onto Sprint
The potential for a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile is tenuous at best, but a recent move by T-Mobile’s parent company might signal that the …
One carrier should fear T-Mobile more than anyone… and it’s not AT&T
We already know that T-Mobile added roughly 869,000 net postpaid subscribers and 1.645 million total net customers in the fourth quarter of 2013. But how did …
Study reveals which wireless carrier’s subscribers want to switch the most
Postpaid churn, or the number of postpaid subscribers that stop using a provider’s service during a specified period of time, is always a stat industry …
Another huge benefit of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier plans: They might block Sprint’s acquisition bid
T-Mobile’s Uncarrier initiatives are great for a number of reasons. For one thing, they have direct and obvious benefits for consumers, who can enjoy a …
Legere comes up with yet another way to troll AT&T and Verizon
T-Mobile CEO John Legere has become fond of using social media to taunt his rivals at Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. And on Tuesday, Legere came …
Sprint gives up on chasing T-Mobile’s Uncarrier 2.0 plan after just four months
Just four months after Sprint’s “One Up” program was introduced, the carrier has quietly killed the initiative. Introduced as a delayed response to T-Mobile’s Uncarrier …
How a Sprint merger could be the kiss of death for the ‘Uncarrier’
An aggressive new wireless telecom pricing strategy led by a charismatic CEO hellbent on shaking up the industry? We’ve been there before, says NPD Group’s …
Merger between Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly almost a done deal
T-Mobile CEO John Legere may want to make sure his résumé is up to date. Unnamed sources tell Reuters that Sprint parent company SoftBank is already …
Banks race to finance Sprint’s upcoming bid for T-Mobile
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal late last week, Sprint is considering a bid to acquire T-Mobile US sometime in the first …
A T-Mobile-Sprint merger is the last thing we need right now
If Sprint had proposed buying T-Mobile at around this time last year, my reaction would probably have been, “Sure, why not?” After all, neither carrier …
WSJ: Sprint may try to buy T-Mobile in early 2014
When Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that 2014 was his company’s time to make waves, he wasn’t kidding. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint …
Sprint CEO: Forget T-Mobile, 2014 is our time to shine
Beneath Verizon and AT&T’s duopoly lies a pair of scrappy U.S. wireless carriers that have struggled for years to gain ground against the two giants. …
Sprint’s customer satisfaction tanks in new survey
Things have been going poorly for Sprint for many, many years and now it appears that the company is going backward in terms of customer …
Best Buy, Sprint slip-ups suggest Nov. 15 release date for HTC One max [updated]
Bigger is better in the smartphone market these days and while HTC is very late to game in the supersized phablet category, its first offering …
Sprint Spark enhanced LTE brings 1Gbps speeds to smartphones
Enhanced 4G LTE service has finally started making its way around the globe, and now Sprint has announced Spark, its own technology that will debut …
Sprint operating loss widens in Q3 as subscribers continue to head elsewhere
Sprint on Wednesday morning reported results for the third quarter, marking the first time the company posted earnings results since being acquired by Japanese carrier …
Sprint unsure of whether it will still carry BlackBerry phones in stores
In a momentary reprieve from the gloom surrounding BlackBerry’s future, Sprint declared that it has not yet decided to stop carrying BlackBerry handsets. Sprint CFO …
Sprint finally announces its own early smartphone upgrade plan
As is often the case with Sprint, it’s scrambling to catch up with its rival carriers. CNET reports that Sprint looks poised to launch its …
Moto X coming to Sprint on September 6th for $199.99
This Friday, Motorola’s flagship Moto X smartphone will arrive on Sprint. Keeping with what it’s done on most other carriers, Sprint will offer the Moto …
Following lackluster debut, BlackBerry Q10 finally hits Sprint this Friday
BlackBerry lost $84 million and 4 million subscribers during the May quarter despite the launch of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Q10 smartphone. The Q10 was …
Sprint’s Samsung ATIV S Neo launches this Friday for $150
Samsung still makes Windows Phones. You might not know it since the company doesn’t seem to make much of an effort to actually sell them, …
Sprint posts massive $1.6 billion Q2 loss
With SoftBank undoubtedly eager to get this first Sprint report since its acquisition out of the way, Sprint on Tuesday night posted its results for …
Do the new Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T plans signal a big smartphone downturn?
Last week, Bloomberg reported that T-Mobile is about to announce the first quarter of contract subscriber growth since 2010. The timing of the Bloomberg bombshell was …
How do wireless carriers plan to milk subscribers as growth slows? New fees, new tricks
How do you put your company in the best possible position to grow when you’ve seemingly squeezed customers as much as they can possibly be …
Sprint announces new ‘Unlimited Guarantee and ‘My Way Plan’ plans
Sprint on Thursday announced it will be launching a new plan that will offer unlimited talk, text and data to customers for “the life of …
Sprint’s first Windows Phone 8 device launches July 19th for $99
Sprint on Tuesday announced the upcoming availability of the HTC 8XT, the carrier’s first Windows Phone 8 device. The handset is equipped with a 4.3-inch …
