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Non-Profits Set Up Mobile Giving for Chile
Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 1 2010)
...ss announced it would waive all calling fees for its customers trying to reach loved ones in Chile. Sprint also said on Saturday that it was waiving text-messaging fees for Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA customers who send mobile donations to short codes associated w... (Read Full Article)
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T-Mobile Shareholders Demand Upswing
Explore Article InformationWeek (Sep 15 2009) Americas
...other option -- a perennial one -- would have T-Mobile's German parent Deutsche Telekom acquire Sprint Nextel, but that deal would be fraught with spectrum compatibility problems. Sprint uses CDMA while T-Mobile is building its network on Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS.) More troublin...... CDMA while T-Mobile is building its network on Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS.) More troubling is Nextel's old spectrum, which has had interference conflicts with the public safety ... (Read Full Article)
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Documents Reveal Mystery Bidder For Virgin Mobile USA During Eight Month Sale Process
Explore Article mocoNews (Sep 4 2009)
...h the SEC provides explicit details of the eight-month long sale of Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) to Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel. The day-to-day account reveals that Virgin Mobile was able to increase the sale price through nego......der, however, it failed to garner as much money as it initially sought. The document was filed by Sprint Nextel and is seeking shareholder approval of the acquisition. It says Virgin Mobile USA ... (Read Full Article)
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They’re Old Enough to Text. Now What?
Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 26 2009) SMS
...month. A basic plan costs $5 a month for 10 minutes of talk time a month. Another wireless carrier, Sprint, also offers a similar family-locator plan. The service works for all Sprint and Nextel mobile phones and allows you to pinpoint children on an online map. It costs $5 a month to locate u...
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Facebook Launches SMS Service for T-Mobile Users in the United States
Explore Article Inside Facebook (Jul 14 2009) Mobile Social Networking , SMS , Americas
... in the United States July 13th, 2009 tmobile-facebook-logo Already available on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, Boost, Virgin USA, and Cellular South, Facebook SMS service has just launched for T-Mobile users... (Read Full Article)
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Nortel Accepts Nokia Siemens $650 Million Offer For Bankrupt Assets
Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 19 2009)
...ld give Nokia Siemens a huge footprint in the U.S. through carriers Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel. In addition, Nokia Siemens would also buy a 400-person research unit, working on the 4G technology... (Read Full Article)
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Investors Not Sold On Summer Smartphone Trend
Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 9 2009)
...e-month period of time, consumers will have a dizzying array of phones to choose from: On Saturday, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel started selling the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre; On June 19, AT&T (NYSE: T) will start selling the ne......y before the device went on sale. However, in afternoon trading today, it's up about 71 cents. Sprint Nextel: Sprint, which is having problems retaining subscribers, has placed a major bet on ...
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Is prepaid growth an illusion?
Explore Article TELEPHONY Online (May 11 2009) SMS
...value arm, Boost Mobile, primarily attracted to its $50 unlimited offering. This offset the 719,000 Nextel post-paid customers Sprint also lost from its iDEN network. Sprint’s other prepaid arm, Virgin Mobile, (NYSE: VM) saw its first-quarter earnings more than double, led... (Read Full Article)
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Boost Mobile Overwhelmed By Texters
Explore Article InformationWeek (May 1 2009) SMS
...nd many users are getting delayed text messages. The operator, which is a fully owned subsidiary of Sprint Nextel, rolled out the unlimited offering in January to woo subscribers away from prepaid subscribers like...... widespread delays in receiving SMS messages. Boost offered the unlimited plan after switching from Sprint's nationwide CDMA network to the iDEN network that was associated with Nextel. Representatives said the issues are caused by the surge ...
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