http://www.mail.com/companies/13162-sprint-nextel-corporation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/13162-sprint-nextel-corporation.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083446-big-4-cellphone-carriers-unite-anti-texting-ads.html NEW YORK (AP) — The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multi-million dollar ad camp... Tue, 14 May 2013 05:05:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083446-big-4-cellphone-carriers-unite-anti-texting-ads.html 2013-05-14T05:05:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2074606-dish-chair-dares-softbank-to-raise-bid-sprint.html NEW YORK (AP) — The chairman of satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp., which is trying to buy Sprint Nextel Corp., is daring Sprint's other suitor to raise its bid. Dish's Charlie Ergen told investors and reporters Thursday that based on the benefits Japan's Softbank says it would get from buying Sprint, it should be paying a higher price. Last week, S... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:56:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2074606-dish-chair-dares-softbank-to-raise-bid-sprint.html 2013-05-09T18:56:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074398-dish-network-1q-expectations.html NEW YORK (AP) — The satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network fell short of Wall Street expectations for the first quarter and shares slid to a three-week low Thursday. Dish last month put in a $25.5 billion bid for cell carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., attempting to derail a competing bid from Japan's Softbank Corp and vault itself into the market for mobile ent... Thu, 09 May 2013 16:30:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074398-dish-network-1q-expectations.html 2013-05-09T16:30:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070576-t-mobile-us-sells-500000-iphones-month.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — T-Mobile US Inc., the last of the major U.S. carriers to start carrying iPhones, is selling them at a brisk pace, it reported Wednesday. T-Mobile US, the No. 4 U.S. carrier, said it has sold half a million iPhones since it started on April 12. That puts its sales at roughly the same rate as Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 carrier,... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:52:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070576-t-mobile-us-sells-500000-iphones-month.html 2013-05-08T15:52:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055732-t-mobile-us-stock-jumps-debut-trading.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street gave T-Mobile US Inc., the new-born combination of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS, a warm welcome on its first day of trading. The stock was at $16.45 in midday trading Wednesday, up 87 cents, or 5.5 percent, from the value of MetroPCS shares at Tuesday's close. That suggests the combined company is attracting new investor interest.... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:26:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055732-t-mobile-us-stock-jumps-debut-trading.html 2013-05-01T16:26:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054160-t-mobile-usa-set-to-close-acquisition-metropcs.html NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA, the country's fourth-largest cellphone carrier, is set to complete its acquisition of MetroPCS after the stock market closes on Tuesday. T-Mobile is adding 9 million MetroPCS customers to its own 34 million. The combined company will stall lag No. 3 Sprint Nextel Corp. in size. No immediate changes are expected for customers ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:46:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054160-t-mobile-usa-set-to-close-acquisition-metropcs.html 2013-04-30T18:46:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2053966-softbank-dish-offer-sprint-illusory.html NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Softbank, the Japanese cellphone carrier trying to buy a majority ownership in Sprint, said Tuesday that a competing bid from Dish is based on "incomplete and illusory" numbers. Dish Network Corp. has characterized its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. as superior to Softbank's. In a presentation Tuesday in Tokyo, monito... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:57:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2053966-softbank-dish-offer-sprint-illusory.html 2013-04-30T16:57:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050728-futures-rise-americans-ignore-taxes-spend.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures rebounded Monday after last week's lackluster economic growth numbers, with new government data showing an uptick in consumer spending. Americans appear to be largely unfazed by higher taxes, as spending and income both rose 0.2 percent. Dow Jones industrial futures rose 55 points to 14,704. The broader S&P futures added... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:07:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050728-futures-rise-americans-ignore-taxes-spend.html 2013-04-29T13:07:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050794-softbank-allows-sprint-to-conduct-talks-with-dish.html OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel says SoftBank is allowing it to seek more information from Dish Network related to its rival bid for the third-largest U.S. cellphone company. Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint has agreed to sell 70 percent of itself to Japan's Softbank Corp. for $20.1 billion. But it recently got a competing $25.5 billion offer fro... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:45:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050794-softbank-allows-sprint-to-conduct-talks-with-dish.html 2013-04-29T12:45:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041690-sprint-t-mobile-delay-s4-phone-cite-inventory.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint and T-Mobile are delaying shipments of Samsung's latest flagship phone, citing inventory issues. The delays in the Galaxy S4 appear to be the result of supply disruptions from Samsung, rather than heavier-than-expected demand seen by the U.S. carriers. In statements Wednesday, T-Mobile said the delay is with "inventory deliveries," ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:37:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041690-sprint-t-mobile-delay-s4-phone-cite-inventory.html 2013-04-24T17:37:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041608-metropcs-shareholders-approve-t-mobile-offer.html NEW YORK (AP) — MetroPCS Communications Inc., the country's fifth-largest cellphone carrier, said its shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company's takeover by No. 4 T-Mobile USA. Wednesday's approval was expected after T-Mobile sweetened its bid and major shareholders withdrew their objections. T-Mobile's initial offer was approved by MetroPCS'... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041608-metropcs-shareholders-approve-t-mobile-offer.html 2013-04-24T17:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041294-customers-avoid-sprint-1q-suitors-circle.html NEW YORK (AP) — The flow of new customers to Sprint stopped in the latest quarter, the company reported Wednesday as it weighed the offers of two corporate suitors. Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest cellphone carrier, said it added a net of just 12,000 customers to its Sprint brand in the quarter, and it would have lost 252,000 if it wasn't... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:38:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041294-customers-avoid-sprint-1q-suitors-circle.html 2013-04-24T13:38:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2036294-sprint-forms-committee-to-evaluate-dish-offer.html OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel has formed a committee of independent directors to review a $25.5 billion buyout offer from Dish Network. The committee has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch to act as its financial adviser and will provide an assessment to the full board, the company said Monday. Dish said Monday that it's pleased with the news. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:28:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2036294-sprint-forms-committee-to-evaluate-dish-offer.html 2013-04-22T23:28:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035890-survey-firms-reluctant-to-acquisitions.html LONDON (AP) — Companies around the world are still reluctant to go on the acquisition trail even though they are becoming are more confident about the global economy, a survey found Monday. In its half-yearly assessment of the intentions of big companies, accounting and consultancy firm Ernst & Young said the growing optimism has yet to be translated into... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:58:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035890-survey-firms-reluctant-to-acquisitions.html 2013-04-22T07:58:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html LONDON (AP) — One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate what it considers a failure by U.S. wireless carriers to properly update the Google-built operating system used on Android phones. The ACLU ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html 2013-04-17T18:00:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025560-samsung-galaxy-4-sales-start-week-us.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. wireless carriers have started revealing prices for Samsung's new flagship phone, the Galaxy S 4, which goes on sale starting next week. AT&T Inc. has started taking advance orders and says phones will ship starting April 30. It's charging $200 for the base model, with 16 gigabytes of memory, under a two-year contract. Staples says it... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:05:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025560-samsung-galaxy-4-sales-start-week-us.html 2013-04-17T16:05:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023874-dishs-ergen-sprint-debt-manageable.html NEW YORK (AP) — Dish Network's combative chairman, Charlie Ergen, on Tuesday defended his $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, saying the debt load the deal would create for the combined company will be manageable. "We will take on more leverage than we have today," Ergen said in an interview with the Associated Press. "But it's not excessive. In today's ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:19:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023874-dishs-ergen-sprint-debt-manageable.html 2013-04-16T20:19:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2022658-softbank-bid-sprint-nextel-superior.html TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Corp. says it believes its bid for U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel is a better choice than the $25.5 billion counteroffer by Dish Network Corp. Dish says its cash and stock offer beats Softbank's. Softbank said in a statement Tuesday that the agreed terms of its deal "offer Sprint shareholders superior short and long term benefit... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:06:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2022658-softbank-bid-sprint-nextel-superior.html 2013-04-16T11:06:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020536-falling-commodities-dow-worst-day-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — Worries about an economic slowdown in China fueled a steep drop in commodity prices Monday, spooking investors and giving the stock market its worst day of the year. The trigger for the sell-off came from China, where the world's second-largest economy expanded 7.7 percent in the first three months of the year, well below forecasts of 8 pe... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:07:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020536-falling-commodities-dow-worst-day-year.html 2013-04-15T23:07:49Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2021524-cellphone-use-heavy-operating-boston.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. A law enforcement official, citing an intelligence briefing, said cellphone service had been shut down Monday in the Boston area to prevent any potential remote detonations of explosives. But officia... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:05:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2021524-cellphone-use-heavy-operating-boston.html 2013-04-15T22:05:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020176-dish-network-offering-to-buy-sprint-255b-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Dish Network Corp. is trying to snag U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel away from a Japanese suitor, the latest sign that satellite dishes are losing their relevance in the age of cellphones that play everything from YouTube videos to live TV. Dish offered $25.5 billion in cash and stock on Monday for Sprint, which Dish says beats an offe... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:34:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020176-dish-network-offering-to-buy-sprint-255b-deal.html 2013-04-15T20:34:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020320-us-futures-follow-world-markets-lower-gold-drops.html NEW YORK (AP) — Big merger and acquisition announcements are unable to lift U.S. stock market futures, following drops in world equity and commodities markets. Chinese economic data showing slower-than-expected growth is the main concern. Dow Jones industrial average futures are down 43 points at 14,741. Nasdaq 100 futures are off 11 points at 2,835.2. S&... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:23:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020320-us-futures-follow-world-markets-lower-gold-drops.html 2013-04-15T12:23:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012554-t-mobile-usa-sweetens-bid-us-carrier-metropcs.html BERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, has raised its bid for MetroPCS Communications Inc. to placate shareholders for the cellphone carriers. The announcement late Wednesday came ahead of a special shareholder meeting that MetroPCS had scheduled for Friday. Major MetroPCS shareholders had voiced their opposition to the dea... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:37:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012554-t-mobile-usa-sweetens-bid-us-carrier-metropcs.html 2013-04-11T16:37:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1998652-t-mobile-usa-gains-subscribers.html NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA's subscribers were more likely to stick with the company in the last three months, a welcome trend for a carrier that's struggling against larger competitors. T-Mobile, the U.S. arm of Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG, on Thursday said it gained a net 3,000 customers under its own brand in the first quarter. It was the first repo... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:00:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1998652-t-mobile-usa-gains-subscribers.html 2013-04-04T20:00:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980882-t-mobile-usas-plans-compared-to-competition.html NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA has revamped its pricing plans, the latest move in an industry that's still experimenting feverishly with various ways of luring customers and getting current ones to pay as much as possible. Here's how T-Mobile's gambit compares. T-Mobile USA The most significant change is that T-Mobile is breaking the cost of the phone away ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:17:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980882-t-mobile-usas-plans-compared-to-competition.html 2013-03-26T22:17:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1957662-galaxy-4-stacks-up-iphone-iii.html Samsung Electronics Co. revealed its new top-of-the-line smartphone Thursday, the Galaxy S 4. Here's how it compares to the competition and its predecessor, the S III. Samsung Galaxy S 4: Display: 5-inch diagonal, 1920 by 1080 pixels organic light-emitting diode screen Weight: 4.6 ounces (130g) Cameras: 13-megapixel on back, 2-megapixel on front. Storage:... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:23:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1957662-galaxy-4-stacks-up-iphone-iii.html 2013-03-15T17:23:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1951560-samsung-refreshes-iphone-challenging-galaxy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung Electronics is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple with its new Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its predecessor, the best-selling S III. Samsung trumpeted the much-anticipated phone's arrival Thursday at an event accompanied by a live orchestra while an audience of thousands watched the theatrics unf... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1951560-samsung-refreshes-iphone-challenging-galaxy.html 2013-03-15T07:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1918774-clearwire-to-tap-80m-financing-sprint.html Wireless network operator Clearwire said Wednesday that it will tap into $80 million in financing from Sprint, putting a hurdle in the way of a possible sale to Dish. Clearwire has received buyout offers from both Sprint and Dish, a satellite TV provider. In December, it agreed to a deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. that offered $2.2 billion for the 49 percen... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:48:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1918774-clearwire-to-tap-80m-financing-sprint.html 2013-02-27T14:48:24Z