Importantly, a leading middle-of-the-road commentator, Dan Margalit, has told the prime minister to quit, if only because of his stonewalling.

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Sprint's riffed about the possibility of migrating to LTE in the past -- as has its 4G partner, Clearwire -- so it's no big surprise to hear CEO Dan Hesse tell the Financial Times today that he's still open to the idea down the road, possibly side-by-side with the company's existing WiMAX deployment thanks to its deep spectrum holdings.

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