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Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial …

Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. …

MIAMI-Movida Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator focused on the Hispanic market, said it has selected Brightstar Corp. to provide product distribution into retail locations in the markets Movida …

Nextel Partners Inc. reported that more than 20 percent of its class A common stockholders have requested that the carrier call a special meeting to vote on whether to exercise …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The wireless industry garnered unprecedented attention from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as MobiTV and Sprint Nextel Corp. were named winners of an Emmy Award. MobiTV …

Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless …

Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a location-based offering that allows businesses to track fleets and monitor workers in the field. The newly merged carrier launched Sprint Precision Locator, a Web-based application …

NEW YORK-Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint Nextel Chief Operating Officer Len …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a five-year agreement with the National Football League for the wireless carrier’s Sprint-branded service to become the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the …

Bolstered by a relatively speedy and uneventful approval process and a new ticker symbol that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Sprint Nextel Corp. said it …

Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint Nextel Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer …

Nextel Partners Inc. sent a terse response to Nextel Communications Inc. following a letter it sent to Nextel Partners regarding terms of Nextel Partners’ “put” option, which the affiliate can …

Verizon Wireless successfully conducted over-the-air calls using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology from Lucent Technologies Inc., and Lucent said its Rev. A infrastructure will be commercially available in 2006. …

The nation’s wireless carriers said they were largely unaffected by the computer worm that made the rounds this week. Carrier representatives generally reported that small numbers of desktop computers were …

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, the newly merged carrier said Tuesday. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to …

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it intends to pursue the appraisal process under network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc.’s “put” provision instead of moving forward with a negotiated acquisition. Nextel Partners has …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said that Nextel Communications Inc. common stockholders will receive nearly 1.27 shares of Sprint Nextel stock and 84.63 cents in cash in exchange for each share …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a five-year agreement with the National Football League for the wireless carrier’s Sprint-branded service to become the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the NFL. The …

The most unlikely of technology mergers has begun as Sprint Corp. announced Friday that it closed its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. The new Sprint Nextel Corp. will …

Sprint Corp. closed on its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. in a deal that will strengthen its position as the industry’s third-largest wireless operator with nearly 40 million …

Sprint Corp. said it intends to close on its pending $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. Aug. 12. The deal garnered Federal Communications Commission approval last week, and according …

Sprint Corp. received an important endorsement for its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. as the Federal Communications Commission granted its approval for the deal, which will solidify the new …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Inc. offered a positive outlook on Sprint Corp.’s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. “Upon completion of the merger between the two companies, likely to close …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. moved closer to completing its merger with Sprint Corp. Friday, announcing that it has received permission from shareholders to exchange three series of redeemable notes. The …