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Sprint and Nextel merge FCC approved

Posted on August 4th, 2005 | Nextel, Sprint

The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications won approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department yesterday. The merged mobile phone provider, Sprint Nextel Corporation, will become the third largest wireless phone company in the United States. It will have about 44.6 million subscribers following Cingular and Verizon Wireless, which each […]

Sprint and Verizon signed mobile gaming deal with Electronics Arts

Posted on July 19th, 2005 | Sprint, Verizon

Electronic Arts video games develped for small screen devices will be distributed to Sprint and Verizon phones. As part of the deal, Electronic Arts anounced releases of popular titles like “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006″, “Madden NFL 06” and “Poppit!”. EA games will be available in the Game Lobby by Sprint and in the Get […]

Verizon and Sprint launch MMS interoperability

Posted on July 18th, 2005 | Sprint, Verizon

Verizon Wireless and Sprint started sharing MMS message on Saturday. Initial MMS adoption has been slower than expected do to the lack of interoperability (users across carriers can not trade messages, unlike with SMS – Short Message Service / text messaging). Earlier this month T-Mobile USA, Sprint and Cingular all announced joint-interoperability initiative. According to […]

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