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Jamaican sprint stars race in for party at the Palace

thisislondon (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jamaican sprint superstars Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt powered into London for the most glamorous athletics meeting in UK history.

AT&T Protests Sprint/Clearwire Merger

The Wireless Weblog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5340005 AT&T this week filed a petition with the FCC , asking it to block the planned merger of Sprint 's nationwide WiMax assets with those of Clearwire . "The 17-page AT&T filing claims that Sprint and Clearwire have sought to avoid the FCC review process by minimizing the full extent of their current spectrum holdings and 'have omitted any information...

Is Sprint spin-off Embarq in play?

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Embarq, the former Sprint unit that sells local phone service and high-speed Internet connections in portions of 18 states, is cutting costs and focusing on rapidly growing niches while confronting continued deterioration in its home phone business. Wall Street analysts such as Jonathan Levine at Jefferies & Co. believe that companies like Embarq could soon be involved in a merger.

AT&T moves to block Sprint merger with Clearwire for WiMAX network

IntoMobile (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

Sprint has been working hard to redefine themselves as a data-centric provider with the premier high-speed wireless broadband network in the US. And, with good reason. Sprint's losing customers left and right and bleeding money even faster. They clearly can't compete in the voice-call business that is dominated by AT&T and Verizon, so Sprint is [...]

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AT&T moves to block Sprint merger with Clearwire for WiMAX network

[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sprint has been working hard to redefine themselves as a data-centric provider with the premier high-speed wireless broadband network in the US . And, with good reason. Sprint's losing customers left...

Powell cruises to London sprint victory

CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday

Former world record holder Asafa Powell won the 100 meters final at the London grand prix on Friday in 9.94 seconds in his final race before the Beijing Olympics.

AT&T fights Clearwire/Sprint WiMAX merger

Electronista (Free subscription) | yesterday

AT&T hopes to block the proposed joint venture between Clearwire and Sprint for nationwide WiMAX service over regulatory issues, according to a Federal Communications Commission filing. While claiming not to be opposed to the deal on a basic level, ...

AT&T Whines About Sprint/Clearwire Merger - Nation's largest incumbent operator wants FCC merger denial

broadbandreports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

AT&T, a company that's no stranger to mergers and unfair competitive advantages, is taking aim at the Sprint Clearwire merger. The nation's largest broadband provider is asking the FCC to deny the merger, saying that Sprint and Clearwire are under-stating their total volume of spectrum holdings in order to get reduced federal scrutiny. "The applicants themselves have positioned their...

AT&T fights Clearwire/Sprint WiMAX merger

MAC News Network (Free subscription) | yesterday

AT&T hopes to block the proposed joint venture between Clearwire and Sprint for nationwide WiMAX service over regulatory issues, according to a Federal Communications Commission filing. While claiming not to be opposed to the deal on a basic level, AT&T argues that the FCC should stop the merger under claims that both Clearwire and Sprint are avoi...

AT&T files objection to Sprint-Clearwire deal

Computer World (Free subscription) | yesterday

AT&T, a supporter of LTE technology instead of WiMax, has filed a petition to the FCC opposing a Sprint-Clearwire joint venture. Meanwhile, one analyst questions whether the venture has the financing and infrastructure to support a nationwide WiMax network.

AT&T Opposes Sprint/Clearwire Merger—Or At Least Wants It To Be More Difficult

Moco News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

AT&T ( NYSE: T ) has asked the FCC to deny a merger request from Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel and Clearwire ( NSDQ: CLWR ), which the two companies announced back in May , stating: "While AT&T does not fundamentally oppose the underlying transactions, the regulatory process must be consistent for all entrants," AT&T's filing said. "The applicants themselves have positioned their company as the...

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Sprint hands keys for cellular towers to third-party

BetaNews (Free subscription) | yesterday

Operation and maintenance of Sprint's cellular network towers will be taken over by TowerCo, freeing up capital for the cash-strapped company.

Cavendish Is Master of Sprint, but Evans Still Leads

DATA news (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mark Cavendish, the 23-year-old British sprinter, won his fourth stage of the Tour de France, once again beating the other fastest cyclists on the planet by several bike lengths.

Sprint Everything Plus login revealed in blog post

Gear Diary (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

On July 11th Sprint re-designed their old Sprint SERO site to become Sprint Everything Plus. Part of the re-design included changing the plans so that they were about $30/mo more expensive than what used to be available. People loved Sprint SERO for the low price and all the included perks (text, picturemail, mobile to mobile, [...]

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Sprint pawning off cell towers for $670 mil

BlackBerryCool (Free subscription) | yesterday

TowerCo will be buying up 3,300 of Sprints towers and renting them back to the US carrier.