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Want Sprint’s New 4G? Go to Kankakee.

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 6 at 10:18 am PT

Over the next few weeks, Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to introduce two smartphones with the tantalizing promise of super-fast speeds on the carrier’s 4G LTE network. One problem: These phones are most likely to reach the promised top speeds in just one town: Kankakee, Ill.

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Sprint Grants LightSquared 30-Day Reprieve on FCC Clearance

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 2 at 4:15 am PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. said Sunday it gave billionaire Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. wireless venture a 30-day extension to a Dec. 31 deadline to get Federal Communications Commission clearance to operate its network.

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Clearwire Signs Deals With Sprint, Makes Debt Payment

Greg Bensinger and Anton Troianovski, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on December 1, 2011 at 11:20 am PT

Clearwire Corp. signed a four-year deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. valued at as much as $1.6 billion, giving the wireless-broadband provider breathing room as it builds out a new fourth-generation network.

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Clearwire’s Customer Growth Tops Expectations

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm PT

Clearwire Corp. Thursday reported better-than-expected customer and revenue growth for the third quarter, and a prepaid wireless carrier said it is considering a deal to buy wholesale capacity on the company’s fourth-generation wireless network.

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Sprint Plunges on Concern Over 4G, iPhone Costs

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 10, 2011 at 2:46 pm PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. shares fell Monday to their lowest level since February 2009 on continued concerns about the costs from rolling out a fourth-generation wireless network and selling Apple Inc. iPhones.

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Sprint to “Bet the Company” on iPhone

Joann S. Lublin and Spencer E. Ante, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 3, 2011 at 11:45 am PT

With the new iPhone coming out this week, Sprint Nextel Corp. is finally expected to gain access to a device it has long coveted — but at a staggering cost.

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Samsung’s New Galaxy S II Won’t Be in Verizon’s Orbit

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 25, 2011 at 1:01 pm PT

Samsung Electronics Co. will introduce its Galaxy S II smartphone next week — considered its best shot at cutting into the iPhone’s market-share dominance — but the company will have to do it without the biggest U.S. wireless carrier: Verizon Wireless.

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Sprint to Get iPhone 5, Sources Say

Joann S. Lublin and Spencer E. Ante, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 23, 2011 at 12:41 pm PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, closing a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another channel for selling its popular phone.

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Sprint Abandons Plans for 4G PlayBook

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 12, 2011 at 1:16 pm PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. has abandoned plans to sell a version of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that runs on its high-speed network, citing a lack of demand from business customers.