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Deal to Combine AT&T, T-Mobile USA Raises Antitrust Questions

WASHINGTON -- AT&T's surprise announcement that it plans to acquire T-Mobile USA will force federal regulators to confront a difficult antitrust question: Can American consumers get good wireless service at a fair price if they must choose between just two national companies? That debate will be at the center of the...

Verizon LTE: 5 Questions About the New 4G Network Answered

(Dec. 1) -- A new front just opened up in the data wars. After more than a year of anticipation, Verizon announced today that it will launch its "4G" LTE wireless network this weekend, giving customers the option of surfing and downloading at faster speeds. So what do you need to know about the new broadband system?...

What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion

(July 21) -- Congress requires a lot of stuff to keep itself running. Like coffee. And plane tickets. And student loan payments. That's the point underscored (and underscored again) by figures collated by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that uses technology to try to make government more transparent. In...

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Cricket gets first prepaid iPhone in mainland US

NEW YORK -Leap Wireless International Inc., the parent of the Cricket cellphone service, on Thursday said it will be the first mainland U.S. phone company to sell the iPhone on a prepaid, no-contract basis.

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Sprint To Pull Plug On 2G Network

Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones.

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Verizon: Here's How You Can Keep Your Unlimited Data Plan

Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services.

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The Top Tech CEOs On The Web: PeekYou

PeekScore: 7.59 out of 10.00 Prior to becoming CEO of IT company VMware, Paul Maritzspent some time at Intel and Microsoft.

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And America's Most Satisfying Phone Company Is...

Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they're basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.

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06/01/12 Boost Mobile to Offer Prepaid iPhone 4 & 4S in... Source: The Mac Observer Prepaid wireless carrier Boost Mobile may offer the iPhone 4 and 4S starting this September, according to "trusted sources" speaking with tech site TechnoBuffalo Thursday.
06/01/12 Upgrade Alert for Sprint Nextel (S) Source: TMCnet Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) was upgraded from Neutral to Overweight at JP Morgan today.
06/01/12 More telcos may stop giving before it hurts Source: Fierce Broadband Wireless Large integrated telcos such as AT&T ( NYSE:T ) and Verizon Communications ( NYSE:VZ ) are considered stable, blue-chip stocks to most investors, but will they be able to retain that reputation as their landline networks continue to battle competition from cable companies and their wireless units invest billions to upgrade their networks?
06/01/12 What Wall Street Analysts Are Buzzing About This... Source: ClusterStock Here's your daily roundup of equity research from the Street.
06/01/12 Sprint's Network Disaster Recovery and Emergency... Source: 99 Cents Only Stores OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--With less than 24 hours until the official start of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season and two named tropical storms already formed this year, Sprint (NYSE:S) and the Sprint Emergency Response Team (ERT) are ensuring customers of their dedicated preparedness for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) recently projected forecast.

Background on Sprint Nextel Corp

Sprint Nextel Corporation () provides wireless and wireline voice and data telecommunications services to customers in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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