The agency's ire was fueled by Intel's use of technical data as a weapon in its legal disputes with Compaq, Digital Equipment and Intergraph.

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Assuming Sprint can sort its ownership of partner Clearwire, that combo will be very spectrum rich, which will increasingly be a competitive weapon as customers demand more and more data out of their smartphones and tablets.

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