The development of an aircraft carrier has long been promoted as a symbol of rising national strength.

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Sprint vice president of network development, Iyad Tarazi, said the carrier has been adding capacity on its LTE service as well as its older 3G network to prepare for the new demands.

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Sling Media VP of Market Development Jeremy Toeman has weighed in on the vague wording in certain carrier service agreements (most notably Verizon's) which seem to stipulate that multimedia streaming services -- like Sling's upcoming SlingPlayer Mobile -- violate the terms of service for allowable uses of 3G.

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But the development is more than just a setback for Japan's top wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, which had reportedly been in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone.

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