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FreedomPop Expands Its Free Service to Voice

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 5 at 3:00 am PT

Starting this summer, FreedomPop will offer Android phones with 200 free minutes, as well as unlimited texting and 500 megabytes of data. Unlimited calling will be just $10 a month.

Sprint Ups Bid for Clearwire to Outbid Dish Network, but Will It Be Enough?

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 21 at 6:48 am PT

The higher $3.40-per-share offer comes just ahead of a shareholder vote that clearly wasn’t going Sprint’s way.

SoftBank Gives Sprint Permission to Dish to Dish

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 20 at 5:41 pm PT

Sprint can now share non-public details of its business with Dish, which has made a rival bid for the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider.

Tuesday’s Clearwire Vote a Key Moment for Sprint, but Won’t Settle Things

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 20 at 5:00 am PT

Sprint’s bid for Clearwire faces stiff opposition from key minority shareholders. Either way, Sprint finds itself the subject of competing bids from SoftBank and Dish Network.

Un-Muddying the Waters: Making Sense of the Dish and SoftBank Dueling Offers for Sprint

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 9 at 5:00 am PT

Aiming to cut through the hype and spin, AllThingsD stacks the arguments up side by side and explains where things go from here.

Clearwire’s Dissident Shareholder Mails Proxy, Taps Quinn Emanuel for Trial Duties

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 6 at 3:22 pm PT

Crest Financial, Clearwire’s largest minority shareholder, is pulling out all the stops in opposing the company’s plan to sell itself to majority owner Sprint.

FreedomPop Begins Shift to Sprint Network With 3G/4G Hotspot

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 24 at 6:00 am PT

FreedomPop plans to start offering the Overdrive Pro hotspot, which works on both WiMax and Sprint’s 3G network.

Clearwire Shareholder Files Proxy Opposing Sprint Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 11 at 4:00 am PT

Crest Financial is following through on its threat to actively solicit votes against the takeover unless Sprint improved its offer.

Clearwire Shareholder Hires Proxy Firm in Bid to Stop Sprint Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 20 at 6:04 am PT

Crest Financial, which has already sued Clearwire and its directors, indicated that it is willing to take things to a full-on proxy fight, if necessary.