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Sprint To Build LTE Over iDEN’s Grave
The FCC approved the use of 800 MHz spectrum to provide advanced 3G and 4G services last week. This paves the way for Sprint (NYSE:S) to offer LTE services on the same spectrum that houses its iDEN network currently. Before the FCC voted to remov...
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Sprint Promotes Unlimited Plans As Verizon, AT&T Move To Shared-Data Plans
After Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T) touted shared-data plans earlier this month raising subscriber heckles about the future of unlimited plans, Sprint (NYSE:S) has been cashing in on the opportunity to promote its iPhone unlimited plans...
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It’s High Time For The Wireless Industry To Consolidate
With growth slowing in a saturated wireless market and growing concerns about the duopolistic environment that the industry is heading towards, some of the smaller incumbents may be looking for ways to consolidate and grow through acquisitions. W...
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Weekly Telecom Notes: Wireless Consolidation, Shared Data Plans And Cisco’s Value
The past week saw quite a few developments in the U.S. wireless industry. More rumors surrounding possible mergers and acquisitions made the rounds, with T-Mobile being linked with MetroPCS and AT&T (NYSE:T) with Leap Wireless. Sprint (NYSE:S...
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Sprint’s iPhone Bet Is Starting To Pay Off, $3.75 Fair Value
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a mixed set of Q1 results in its earnings report Wednesday. The company said that its revenues grew 5% over the same period last year and that it added a net 263,000 postpaid subscribers to its Sprint network (excluding ...
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Sprint’s Earnings To Show If Big iPhone Bet Is Paying Off
Sprint (NYSE:S) plans to announce its Q1 2012 earnings on Wednesday, April 25th. We will be closely watching the company’s net postpaid subscriber additions for the quarter as well as the postpaid churn numbers to see if the management is m...
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Sprint Promotes LTE Phone, Unlimited Data Plan Despite Lacking 4G Service
With Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T) aggressively promoting their LTE plans, Sprint (NYSE:S) is fighting for attention despite lagging in the LTE race. The third largest carrier in the U.S. may not yet have an LTE network up and running, ...
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Weekly Telecom Notes: Verizon, AT&T and Sprint
The telecom sector saw quite a few developments in the past week. AT&T (NYSE:T) started the week off with an aggressive promotional discount of $100 that effectively made the Nokia (NYSE:NOK) Lumia free with a two year contract for all new su...
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11 High Yield Stocks With Cheap Free Cash Flow Ratios
Submitted by Dividend Yield using our Trefis Contributor Tool 11 High Yield Stocks With Cheap Free Cash Flow Ratios Cheap High Yield Stocks In Terms Of Free Cash Flow Researched By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment . High earni...
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Weekly Telecom Roundup: Verizon, AT&T and Sprint
The past week saw quite a few developments in the telecom sector. Verizon (NYSE:VZ) continued on its quest to heavily promote LTE this year by launching the cheapest LTE smartphone yet, the LG Lucid, for $79.99. AT&T (NYSE:T) also started pro...
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Sprint Eyes Spectrum Deal With Dish
With spectrum getting more and more difficult to acquire and talks with potential partners falling through, Sprint’s (NYSE:S) spectrum options seem to be getting more limited by the day. But the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. ma...
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Sprint’s LTE Plans Are Coming Up Short As iPhone 5 Approaches
With the wireless industry moving towards LTE as the two largest U.S. carriers, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T), roll out their nationwide LTE networks, it seems increasingly likely that the next generation iPhone will come enabled with ...
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Weekly Telecom Notes: Sprint and AT&T
The U.S. telecom sector saw quite a few developments over the past week. After postponing for months, Sprint (NYSE:S) finally gave up on its LTE deal with Lightsquared last Friday. Sprint’s stock took a beating early this week after an ana...
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Sprint’s Bankruptcy Concerns Overblown; Stock Worth $3.70
Sprint’s (NYSE:S) stock fell 4.5% Monday and extended losses beyond 5% Tuesday on concerns that the company may have to face bankruptcy in a few years. Craig Moffett, a Sanford Bernstein analyst, raised these concerns in a Monday morning no...
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ClearWire Feels the Love as Sprint Revokes Lightsquared Deal
After postponing for months, Sprint (NYSE:S) finally gave up on its LTE deal with Lightsquared Friday. Sprint had extended its December 31st deadline to March 15th in order to give Lightsquared more time to secure regulatory approvals for its LT...
