Roger Cheng in Personal Technology on June 15, 2011 at 3:15 pm PT
You might get dizzy staring too deeply into the Evo 3D, but Sprint Nextel’s newest flagship phone is worth risking a little motion sickness.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 17, 2011 at 8:44 am PT
By shutting down the network it acquired when it bought Nextel, Sprint will free up spectrum that it could use to build an LTE network to augment its current WiMax-based 4G network.
John Paczkowski in News on February 10, 2011 at 6:45 am PT
Good news for long-suffering Sprint Nextel investors: Customer retention has finally improved to the point where the carrier is able to report actual gains in postpaid subscribers, rather than losses.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 7, 2010 at 10:24 pm PT
In an interview at
D: Dive Into Mobile, Sprint-Nextel CEO Dan Hesse said that despite the fact that it owns roughly 54 percent of Clearwire, Sprint doesn’t control the company or its board of directors. Walt Mossberg gave him a little grief about it, asking, “Who did that deal?”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 7, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT
When Sprint CEO Dan Hesse joined the company three years ago, the third-largest carrier was bleeding subscribers from having a poor reputation for customer service and facing stiff competition from the likes of AT&T, which held the exclusive on the iPhone.
Since then, Sprint has stemmed the losses, mostly by beefing up its customer service and by investing in the prepaid sector to attract a wider audience during the economic downturn. Going forward, Sprint looks to its 4G strategy for growth through its ownership stake in WiMax-provider Clearwire.
Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 27, 2010 at 9:15 am PT
Sprint Nextel Corp. posted a wider third-quarter loss but added the most customers in four years as the carrier scrambles to capitalize on what’s left of its lead in fourth-generation wireless services.
Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
This year’s CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas brought some new devices and more talk about higher-speed wireless technologies. Here are some notable trends seen at the industry confab:
This was really a show dominated by Google’s Android mobile operating system. AT&T kicked off the show with the Dell Aero, while Motorola showed off its first Nextel-compatible Android phone, complete with military specifications and the standard walkie-talkie feature.
John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2009 at 1:09 pm PT
An ugly Monday for Sprint Nextel employees. The company plans to eliminate 2,000 to 2,500 positions in the fourth quarter as part of its effort to reduce labor costs by at least $350 million.
John Paczkowski in News on June 24, 2009 at 7:24 am PT
It’s been three weeks since the Palm Pre debuted and Sprint is still having trouble keeping it in stock. This according to Sprint Nextel CFO Bob Brust, who says that supplies of the new handset continue to be tight and that Apple’s new iPhone 3GS hasn’t really had an impact on sales.
