The cable companies will co-brand Sprint's cellular service in each of their markets and will sell the phone service through Sprint retail stores, cable retail outlets and other third-party distributors.
Sprint customers could have handsets with two-way radio service and Nextel users would gain the benefits of Sprint data and voice telephone service.
Telecom provider Sprint and Internet service provider EarthLink announced today that they will revise their alliance forged in 1998.
That is not a compliment to Sprint and its service offerings overall.
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O2's is called Active, and in America Sprint's service is called Vision.
Sprint 4G, powered by WiMAX, delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.1 Expanding across the country, Sprint offers 4G service in 27 markets today, with more markets to launch in 2010.
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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.
The company is the majority stakeholder in Clearwire and resells its service as Sprint 4G.
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Last week's Switched On discussed some of the promise of WiMAX as delivered through Sprint's Xohm service.
After all, Sprint has offered 4G service since 2008 and devotes much of its marketing to linking its brand to 4G and the superior service it can provide.
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Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint, which sells service on a technology called WiMax, has a two-year head start on 4G that it has used to stem subscriber defections and revenue declines.
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Fewer than half of all Nextel customers are expected to remain with Sprint when they terminate that service.
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Without the extensive Clearwire 2.5 Ghz spectrum, Mr. Son cannot offer fast service on the Sprint network as previously designed.
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In 2010, Sprint expects to launch 4G service in multiple markets, including but not limited to, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington, D.
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Sprint also markets cell phone service through several discount carriers that focus on no-contract mobile plans, such as Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile -- and some of these brands are starting to market 4G phones and service.
It looks like the three biggest cable companies in the US: Comcast, Time Warner, and Cox, are all working up deals with Sprint Nextel for including cellphone service in their all-in-one packages that already cover TV, internet, and a new push into VOIP phone service.
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Sprint has a history of innovation, as it was the first national wireless carrier to offer 4G service with the launch of the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) network in 2008.
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Sprint introduced its all-new 4G LTE network in July 2012 and now offers service in 88 markets nationwide and on Sprint's no contract brands, Virgin Mobile USA and Boost Mobile.
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That's the province of handset manufacturers such as HTC, or service providers such as Sprint and Telecom Italia.
Using the "as-a-service" model, Sprint will deliver new applications to round out its portfolio and enable customers to take advantage of the benefits of cloud-based services.
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Boost Mobile offers nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 275 million people, and on the Nextel National Network, reaching more than 278 million people, with no activation or long-distance fees.
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Boost Mobile offers nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 276 million people, and on the Nextel National Network, reaching more than 277 million people, with no activation or long distance fees.
The portfolio also includes Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) planned for launch in late 2012 and Sprint Complete Collaboration, a Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) solution launched earlier this year.
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Customer service efficiency is another reason Sprint likes the iPhone, despite its brutal economics.
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Sprint has no way to really properly service the smart phones it is presently selling in abundance without the Clearwire network.
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The first to claim 4G capabilities on its network was the partnership between Clearwire ( CLWR) and Sprint ( S) with its WiMAX service.
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In July, the company launched the Sprint Mobile Business Assessment, a consulting service designed to help businesses figure out how to exploit and control wireless technologies.
Other advertisers who will be included in upcoming Kinect titles include mobile phone service providers T-Mobile and Sprint.
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Verizon, Cingular and Sprint have been offering video clips and TV service on some phones for more than a year.
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