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AT&T, Verizon,T-Mobile and Sprint Will All Carry BlackBerry 10 Phones

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 10 at 11:48 am PT

When Research In Motion launches its new line of BlackBerry 10 handsets later this month, it will do so with the support of all four major U.S. wireless carriers. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile USA and Sprint have all confirmed plans to offer BlackBerry 10 devices on their networks. Hardly surprising, considering RIM has longstanding relationships with all four. That said, their support is obviously crucial for RIM’s effort to recover from an ugly decline that has left it with just over 5 percent of the global smartphone market.

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Sprint Mulling Spoiler Bid for MetroPCS

John Paczkowski in Mobile on October 4, 2012 at 10:03 am PT

Looks like Sprint may take a second run at MetroPCS. Sources tell Bloomberg that the carrier is considering submitting a counteroffer to the cash-and-stock deal struck by MetroPCS and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom Wednesday. An interesting development, to say the least. Sprint was poised to acquire MetroPCS earlier this year, but the company’s board of directors balked at the deal at the last minute.