Business Wire (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PhoneTag, the leader in voicemail-to-text services and visual voicemail applications, announced today that its award winning voicemail-to-text service is now available to Sprint users through its website www.PhoneTag.com. Sprint dropped call forwarding fees and enabled the systems needed to activate PhoneTag directly from handsets. “We are very excited...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Sprint's losses keep coming, so it's trimming staff. -------------------------- OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. is planning to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs, mostly before the end of the year, as it keeps losing subscribers. The wireless carrier, based on Overland Park, Kansas, said Monday it aims to cut labor costs by at least $350 million per year. Sprint plans...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sprint (NYSE: S) today said it is preparing for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Ida threatening to make landfall along the Gulf Coast areas of Alabama, Florida and Louisiana on Tuesday morning. As it does for every impending tropical storm or hurricane, Sprint is staging backup generators and personnel in strategic locations along the Gulf Coast to...
Phone Scoop (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Today Sprint Nextel said that it plans to reduce its personnel expenditures by about $350 million annually. In order to accomplish this cost savings, Sprint will need to lay off between 2,000 and 2,500 employees. Sprint said that positions ... (follow link to read)
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. gained Monday after a published report suggesting Sprint and its partner investors will put at least another $1.5 billion into Clearwire. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Sprint, which is Clearwire'... Wall Street Journal - Sprint Nextel - Clearwire - Business - Investment
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Sprint Nextel said it will eliminate 2,000 to 2,500 jobs as part of an effort to trim labor costs by at least $350 million annually. The company said in a statement that the impact on "geographic locations will vary." Many of the positions will be eliminated by the end of this year. Sprint has about 6,500 Kansas City area employees, mostly at the company's Overland Park headquarters....
DealBook (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Sprint Nextel is preparing to pump at least $1 billion more into Clearwire, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Engadget Mobile (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Sprint Oop, looks like the crew at WireFly didn't get the memo on the Sprint Palm Pixi launch -- they've gone ahead and posted up an unboxing video a week ahead of official availability on the 15th . Nothing too unexpected here, but honestly, what were you expecting for $100? Video after the break. [Thanks, bnm] Continue reading Sprint Palm Pixi...
News America Now (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
“Sprint Nextel said it will cut 2,000 to 2,500 positions in the fourth quarter in an effort to save $350 million. The cuts will be completed by December 31.” Link
USA Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sprint Nextel said Monday that it will cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs, mostly before the end of the year, as it keeps losing subscribers.
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Sprint Nextel said it will cut 2,000 to 2,500 positions in the fourth quarter in an effort to save $350 million.
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sprint, the large American cell phone provider will cut between 2,000 and 2,500 jobs across the nation. All employees that will be terminated, will be let go by December 31. That leaves short time to fire a fair percent of the Sprint workforce. These cuts come amid a longer effort to save the company some $350 million dollars [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The company started the year with about 56,000 employees. It then cut 8,000 jobs in the first half of the year. It is also transferring 6,000 employees to LM Ericsson AB, a Swedish contractor that is taking over management of Sprint's network.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. gained Monday after a published report suggesting Sprint and its partner investors will put at least another $1.5 billion into Clearwire.
Engadget (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oop, looks like the crew at WireFly didn't get the memo on the Sprint Palm Pixi launch -- they've gone ahead and posted up an unboxing video a week ahead of official availability on the 15th . Nothing too unexpected here, but honestly, what were you expecting for $100? Video after the break. [Thanks, bnm] Continue reading Sprint Palm Pixi unboxed on video Filed under: Cellphones Sprint...
