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NEW YORK—Data services and convergence are the key to Sprint Nextel Corp.’s future, Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee made clear at the company’s annual analyst meeting. Forsee argued that Sprint …

While regional carriers might not be able to call their fourth-quarter performances revivals, companies that reported results last week seemed to be stemming the flood of subscriber losses and, unlike …

Integration is one of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s biggest challenges this year as the company continues to digest its multiple mergers-ranging from the former Nextel Communications Inc. to various PCS affiliates …

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. added 105,400 net customers in the fourth quarter of 2005 and bumped up its average venue per user by $1, while maintaining its churn rate at …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.   Carriers Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned an A …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Sprint Nextel Corp.’s $6.5 billion purchase of iDEN affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. has passed muster with U.S. antitrust authorities. The Federal Trade Commission issued a notice that it had …

Investors gave tower companies a thumbs up last week as plans for augmenting or expanding their facilities were greeted with a slew of new financing options. SBA Communications Corp., the …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

Sprint Nextel Corp. will purchase the 68 percent of Nextel Partners Inc. it does not currently control for $6.5 billion, the two companies have announced. The deal puts an end …

If life is a journey, 2005 has been a long, strange trip for the wireless industry. Looking back at the events of this year only underscores how quickly this industry …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carriers Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its A- corporate …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Federal anti-trust officials have opted not to take any action against Sprint Nextel Corp’s acquisition of the carrier’s largest CDMA affiliate, Alamosa Holdings Inc. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Sprint Nextel Corp. will purchase the 68 percent of Nextel Partners Inc. it does not currently control for $6.5 billion, the two companies announced today. Nextel Partners had the …

SEATTLE-Nextel Partners Inc. is expanding its use of Seattle-based Par3 Communications’ customer care platform for automating collections, welcoming and interacting with new customer, and to provide automated details on using …

For the past few years, the strategy for U.S. carriers looking to retain customers was simple: offer subscribers a slick new handset at no charge. But in today’s transitory market-where …

SEATTLE-Customer relationship management provider Par3 Communications Inc. announced the acquisition of EnvoyWorldWide, a Massachusetts-based notification services company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Par3 provides automated interactive notification technology …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said its lawsuit against Sprint Nextel has been pushed back from its original trial date of Dec. 16 until Jan. 9. The lawsuit …

The Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate acquisition train continued to roll as the carrier picked up its largest cargo yet-CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. for $4.3 billion. The purchase price includes …

NEW YORK-Sprint Nextel Corp.’s planned acquisition of its largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. revved up investors of fellow affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. The carrier has yet to resolve ongoing litigation …

NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. was victorious late last week as a judge ruled the carrier could disclose the results of the first two appraisers in its ongoing battle with Sprint …

RESTON, Va.-After months of negotiations, Sprint Nextel Corp. reached an agreement to acquire its largest CDMA affiliate, Alamosa Holding Inc., for $4.3 billion, including the assumption of $900 million in …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it completed the redemption of $146.3 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of its 12.5 percent senior notes due Nov. 15, 2009. The carrier noted …

Nationwide wireless carriers received a big push from their smallest player as T-Mobile USA Inc. posted robust third-quarter financials that helped propel the group well beyond last year’s growth. The …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp.’s largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 65-percent jump in revenues during the third quarter from $211.4 million in 2004 to $349.4 million this year. …