However, with the company reporting two strong quarters of postpaid net adds on its core Sprint network since the iPhone addition, we believe the bet is working out for Sprint.
Clearwire has agreed to be bought out by Sprint.
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Word on the street was that there were about 80 units available at the store, but while we couldn't squeeze an official number out of Sprint, they did confirm that they'll have units available for the launch tomorrow as well.
That is, by anyone's standards, a deal-breaker, ruling out any sudden sprint to the two-state solution supported by almost everyone else.
This second iPhone model corrects some of the first model's main weaknesses, wiping out some advantages Sprint hoped the Instinct would have.
If the bill passes, this will leave both T-Mobile and Sprint out of the 700-MHz band, but the small amount of spectrum that makes up the D Block would not have been enough to serve their customers.
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Although the parties have not come to an agreement on the accelerated build out, Clearwire and Sprint have amended the Sprint Financing Agreements to extend the date by which agreement on the accelerated build out must be reached to February 28, 2013 for the Company to be able to take the last three draws.
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According to the Department, it is significant for franchise tax purposes that Sprint Corporation chose to carry out its telecommunications business in Louisiana through Sprint Communications LP and that it chose to direct that partnership through the companies and US Telecom, which were wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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In a talk last week, Clearwire laid out a hunker down strategy of not building too many more cell sites until its reimbursement negotiations with Sprint are ironed out and its cash flow improves.
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Motorola Photon 4G: Sprint sent out a small update to the Photon 4G this week that enables 1080p video capture and brings WiFi hotspot enhancements.
To find out about compensation at Sprint Nextel (nyse: S - news - people ), shareholders have to wade through 60 pages.
There are about six million users on Sprint-Nextel presently, but they are going to lose this service, as Sprint phases out IDEN in 2013 and moves the traffic to their CDMA-based network.
In fact, Reggie was so excited to see his old coach today that I had to make him come out and run some sprint drills -- (laughter) -- just to calm him down.
Out next is another Sprint Sanyo clam in the form of the dual-band Power Vision SCP-8400 (pictured right) with Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel cam, and of course live TV, music downloads, and multiplayer game action.
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The companies dropped an exclusivity arrangement allowing both EarthLink and Sprint to seek out other partners.
As you would expect, Sprint is leaking out that they are on track for approval, or not, in the normal time period.
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"It turned out to be a nice sprint, " said the 33-year-old afterwards.
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Continuing its nationwide roll-out of 4G LTE, Sprint recently announced its plans to deliver 4G LTE to an additional 115 cities in the coming months.
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Sprint will roll out three of its own COWs for the day, and is boosting its networks in major hotels around the city to serve the throngs of guests.
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Those frequency licenses were transferred to Clearwire by Sprint in their deal a couple of years ago so Sprint will be out in the cold when the spectrum becomes the collateral.
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We feel that investors and the market are extremely anxious to hear from the management on the progress of Sprint- Softbank merger in light of recent events. (see Three Ways The Sprint-Softbank Saga Could Play Out) We are also watching for updates on the Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) acquisition bid and if Sprint has any contingency plans to deal with potential loss of Clearwire.
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Galaxy Nexus: It's taken longer than some might like, but Sprint has begun rolling out Android 4.2.1 for this smartphone.
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Sunday's first stage takes in 198km from Liege to Seraing, with testing terrain likely to rule out the possibility of a bunch sprint.
Sprint plans to roll out the service in stages: to large corporations by the end of 1998, to all businesses by mid-1999, and to consumers by late 1999.
Sprint has also spoken out publicly.
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When Umar, who struck a terrific six wide of long on off Swann, was brilliantly caught by Pietersen in front of the Pakistan dug-out following a 30-yard sprint along the boundary edge, Pakistan were 118-6 with barely three overs to go.
However, only two of those Sprint locations had completely sold out of the Samsung-built device.
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At present, Sprint is seeking to buy out the remaining stake in Clearwire, bringing that company and its valuable spectrum -- formerly used for WiMAX -- completely in-house.
Yesterday, a speaker for Sprint at a telecom conference laid out possible configurations of what a new network design might include.
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