Strong foundations
October 12, 2011 Written by James Middleton
Stephen Bye, Chief Technology Officer at Sprint Nextel, talks about the importance of good groundwork when pulling together as many networks as the US carrier operates.
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Verizon has no objections to AT&T/T-Mobile merger
November 21, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
Leading US Carrier Verizon Wireless has no concerns over the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, as long as it does not result in increased industry regulation. The company’s CFO Fran Shammo made the revelation to a Morgan Stanley conference in Spain last week,
LTE: The next stage of evolution
Feature: US carrier Sprint officially announced plans to begin offering LTE services to more than 250 million potential customers in early October. As the industry’s worst kept secret the move came as no surprise, but what did raise eyebrows was the firm’s target launch date of mid-2012 with a view to full network build out by 2013. A full two years sooner than anticipated.
LTE special: VoLTE, LTE Advanced, TD-LTE and a full round-up of deployments in the Americas.
Sprint confirms move to LTE
October 10, 2011 Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
US carrier Sprint has announced plans to begin offering LTE services on its 1900MHz spectrum by mid-2012. The company said it will cover more than 250 million people across the US when the network build-out is completed, which is expected by the end of 2013.
Tags; LTE, Network Vision, Sprint, Americas, Handsets & Devices, LTE, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator
Sprint and LightSquared deal makes sense
August 1, 2011 Written by Mike Roberts
This deal makes sense for both Sprint and LightSquared because they both need strategic partners to survive as the US mobile market consolidates and transitions to 4G.
The disappeared
July 29, 2011 Written by The Informer
What with the internet destroying our brains, the Baby Boomers and Gen X and Yers of this world can only expect more ‘senior moments’ to befall them and for more stuff to randomly go missing. There’s been a lot of stuff going missing in the wireless world this week too.
WIMAX: The Long Goodbye
July 20, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
As CTO of US carrier Sprint Nextel, Stephen Bye presides over one of the most complex combinations of network technologies within the mobile industry. Bye talks to Telecoms.com about his preparations for the next phase of the carrier’s technological evolution and the long-awaited, yet still not officially announced, move to LTE.
Tags; Clearwire, LightSquared, Sprint, Sprint Nextel, Stephen Bye, WiMAX, Broadband, Interviews, LTE, Test & Measurement
E-Health Case Study: Sprint
US operator Sprint Nextel offers a range of wireless services designed specifically for the healthcare field as part of a growing portfolio of enterprise services across a number of sectors. Targeting health enterprises such as hospitals, it offers customised services and, through established partnerships with software vendors, offers healthcare-specific applications for use both within organisations and in the field.
LightSquared scores another deal, hits back at critics
June 29, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver
Embattled LTE startup LightSquared’s woes appear not to have put off prospective customers, as the company announced yesterday that VoIP provider netTalk had joined Sprint, Best Buy and Leap Wireless as a wholesale customer of the telco.
LightSquared completes network share deal with Sprint
June 20, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
LightSquared, the US operator planning to build a wholesale LTE network, has finalised a 15-year deal with fellow carrier Sprint that will see the two sharing infrastructure. Bloomberg said that it has obtained a letter from LightSquared’s billionaire owner Philip Falcone to his Harpinger Capital Partners hedge fund investors, informing them of the deal.
Tags; LightSquared, LTE, Sprint, Americas, LTE, Network sharing, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator
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