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CenturyTel Inc. completed its $11.6 billion stock and debt purchase of Embarq, the companies announced early Wednesday.

When Sprint Nextel Corp. released a $50/month "unlimited everything" plan with its Boost Mobile prepaid unit back at the start of the year, it never knew what firestorm it would eventually set off.

Sprint Nextel Inc. today said it will put the new BlackBerry Tour smartphone on sale online on July 12 for $200 -- the same price announced earlier for the device.

As Nokia Siemens Networks prepares to revamp its mobile development strategy with the planned $650 million acquisition of Nortel Networks Ltd.

The week before his death, Michael Jackson ranked 80th in Sprint Music Store sales.

After a week of celebrating the best in advertising and marketing, it was Sprint that took home one of the world's top advertising prizes at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival on June 27, held in Cannes, France.

Sprint Nextel Corp. says it will be the first operator to launch a 3G femtocell in the United States, Unstrung can reveal.

Give Palm a handSales of Palms Pre smart phone, which currently runs exclusively on the Sprint network, have been vastly underestimated, according to Charter Equity Research analyst Edward Snyder who is regarded as a pessimist.

The Washington Post has a very complimentary story on Sprint: One year ago, many were questioning Sprint Nextel's chances of survival.

Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless provider, today announced the Motorola Clutch , its first push-to-talk phone with an integrated QWERTY keyboard.

Comcast is rolling out wireless Internet service Tuesday in Portland, Ore., with plans to add three other cities by the end of the year.

Operator coalition joins consumer advocate groups calling for end to special access rates.

Jun. 23--Sprint Nextel has joined forces with several public interest groups and other businesses against special access rates.

Shares of Palm Inc. hit their highest price in more than year on Friday after the maker of smart phones reported results for the latest quarter.

A federal judge in Tacoma, Washington, has ruled that Sprint Nextel Corp will not face a nationwide class-action lawsuit that claims the No.

As expected, the White House nominated the former NTIA acting chief to fill the Republican seat vacated by Deborah Taylor Tate By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/25/2009 1:56:55 PM MT As expected, the White House has announced its intention to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to take the Republican FCC seat vacated by Deborah Taylor Tate.

A U.S. district judge ruled that Sprint Nextel Corp will not face a nationwide class-action lawsuit that claims the No.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has weathered financial and customer care problems in recent years, so the carrier has a lot riding on the success of its new Palm Pre smartphone.

"Sprint Nextel needs the new Palm Pre to be a hit just as badly as Palm does. After watching millions of subscribers stream out the doors to rival carriers like AT&T and Verizon, Sprint needs to yell to the world that it finally has a phone worth sticking around for.

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