Whenever a company is party to a big M&A deal, layoffs always follow. Sprint(s s) confirmed with Bloomberg on Tuesday that it is cutting 800 jobs, but claimed that this doesn’t… Read more »
With the help of some maps from Mosaik, GigaOM breaks down what AT&T really gets if it acquires Leap. Our conclusion: AT&T is paying a ridiculous price but it probably feels… Read more »
In 2008 Sprint promised to build a network that would change the face of the U.S. mobile industry. It never delivered. Now that SoftBank has reinvigorated the carrier, it’s time to… Read more »
Missing the old PTT services from Nextel now that Sprint has shut down the IDEN network? Prip might fill the gap. The Android app will be on iPhone soon and turns… Read more »
The seconds are ticking away for the remaining Boost and Nextel customers on Sprint’s iDEN network. This is no lackadaisical retirement. By the end of Sunday, the iDEN system will be… Read more »
Sprint’s Nextel has always been the king of push-to-talk services, but the king is on its deathbed. AT&T hopes to capitalize on its demise with a new PTT app for its… Read more »
Sprint lost another 771,000 Nextel iDEN subscribers as customers, offsetting all of the gains Sprint made in its CDMA business. It sold 5 million smartphones, and activated 1.5 million iPhones. Read more »
Sprint sold 6.1 million smartphones, including 2.1 million iPhones. The exodus of Nextel and Boost customers continued, though, resulting in overall subscriber losses. Read more »
A world of difference separates the Sprint Dan Hesse took over on Dec. 17, 2007 and Sprint today. On his fifth anniversary as CEO, Hesse talks with GigaOM about how Sprint… Read more »
Sprint plans to shutter its old Nextel iDEN systems for good next summer, but before it can do so it needs to migrate millions of customers still using the network. In… Read more »