October 4
Sprint may make a play for MetroPCS
Sprint Nextel Corp. may bid to counter the announced merger of MetroPCS Communications Inc. and T-Mobile USA, according to published reports.
October 3
MetroPCS accepts T-Mobile merger offer
T-Mobile and MetroPCS agreed Wednesday to combine their struggling cellphone businesses with the aim of competing better with their three larger rivals.
October 3
Sprint shares regain lost ground after rivals’ merger news sinks in
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. regained all of Tuesday’s lost ground in trading that lifted prices to $5.18 this afternoon.
October 2
Possible merger brewing with T-Mobile and MetroPCS
Cellphone company T-Mobile USA is making merger news again — and again without Overland Park-based Sprint Nextel Corp. as a potential partner.
October 1
AT&T cuts prepaid prices in no contract, pay-as-you-go market
AT&T Inc. on Monday unveiled a $99 smartphone with a $65 a month pay-as-you-go plan, stepping up competition with prepaid carriers such as MetroPCS Communications Inc.
October 1
Closing Bell | Sprint plunges while Layne Christensen surges
Sprint Nextel Corp. plunged more than 6 percent Monday after Raymond James downgraded the shares because of the stock’s recent rise.
September 28
Apple’s bad turn leads to CEO’s apology
Nine days after the maps’ release, the Washington Monument was still on the wrong side of the street. But something else changed.
September 28
Researcher says flaw in Android creates phone risk
Cellphones using Google’s Android operating system are at risk of being disabled or wiped clean of their data — including contacts, music and photos — because of a security flaw.
September 27
MetroPCS jumps on renewed takeover speculation involving Sprint, other suitors
MetroPCS Communications Inc., the Texas-based prepaid wireless carrier, rose as much as 9.8 percent after DealReporter said the company has held talks with suitors such as Sprint Nextel Corp. and Dish Network Corp.
September 25
BlackBerry CEO pumping product comeback
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is convinced the company’s BlackBerry phone is poised to regain its stature as a trailblazing device even as many investors fret about its potential demise.
September 24
Sprint’s CEO sees 2014 rebound as stock price climbs
Sprint Nextel shares have outperformed Apple this year, along with all but one other stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Can this be real?
September 19
Sprint preparing for fall launch of Samsung Galaxy Note II
Sprint Nextel is gearing up for the launch this fall of Samsung’s latest smartphone, the Galaxy Note II
September 17
Time Warner Cable will sell its stake in Clearwire
Time Warner Cable Inc. plans to sell its 46.4 million shares of Clearwire Corp., a money-losing venture to build a high-speed wireless Internet network across the U.S.
September 17
FCC order says cable firms may buy some local phone companies
Cable providers may buy telephone companies that serve customers in their franchise areas, the Federal Communications Commission said in an order published Monday.
September 11
Analyst makes case for Sprint buying MetroPCS rather than pursuing T-Mobile
Sprint Nextel Corp., under pressure to consolidate the smaller competitors in the U.S. wireless industry, may have success going after a prepaid carrier like MetroPCS Communications Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said.
September 10
Stock upgrade buoys Sprint
Shares in Sprint Nextel Corp. rose 2.4 percent after Nomura Securities upgraded the stock, citing cost savings from the company’s network improvement plan.
September 10
Sprint shares jump after analyst upgrades stock
Shares in Overland Park-based Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. wireless carrier, rose the most in almost a month after Nomura Securities upgraded the stock to buy.
September 10
T-Mobile launches campaign to lure iPhone users
NEW YORK (AP) – T-Mobile USA, the only “Big 4” phone company that doesn't sell the iPhone, now wants to snag used ones from AT&T.
September 5
Nokia shows off new smart phones linked to Windows
Nokia revealed its first smartphones to run the next version of Windows, a big step for a company that has bet its future on an alliance with Microsoft.
September 4
All signs point to Apple iPhone 5 announcement next week
Apple Inc. on Tuesday invited reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected.
August 30
AT&T on $2.6 billion spending spree to buy airwaves
AT&T Inc. is cobbling together about $2.6 billion in deals for airwaves to catch up with Verizon Wireless, which has vaulted ahead in the race to stockpile the industry’s most precious asset.
August 29
Sprint adds more markets to its faster 4G LTE coverage
Sprint Nextel Corp. has added parts of Baltimore and some smaller markets in the Kansas City region to its faster 4G service using Long Term Evolution, or LTE, technology.
August 28
Sprint, GE leaving group backing voter-ID laws
Overland park-based Sprint Nextel Corp. and General Electric Co. have joined the exodus of companies from the American Legislative Exchange Council following the group’s support of voter-identification and self-defense laws.
August 22
Competing with bigger carriers, T-Mobile uncaps its data plan
Unlimited wireless data is back. After sliding off the menu of cellphone plans, data plans with no caps are making a comeback at smaller cellphone companies trying to compete with AT&T, Verizon, and Overland Park-based Sprint Nextel.
August 22
T-Mobile aims at Sprint with unlimited talk, text, data
T-Mobile USA Inc., the fourth- largest U.S. wireless carrier, is countering the industry’s shift to tiered data pricing by rolling out a new unlimited plan on Sept. 5.
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