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Sprint’s New CEO Gets Down To Business, Launches New Plan To Lure Customers
Within one week of taking over, Sprint ‘s (NYSE:S) new CEO Marcelo Claure has given an indication of how he intends to turn around the company. On Monday, the company announced a new set of shared data plans called Family Share Pack, provid...
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Sprint’s T-Mobile Deal Called Off, CEO Replaced As Turnaround Efforts Pick Up
Sprint (NYSE:S) has withdrawn its bid for rival wireless operator T-Mobile owing to unresolved regulatory concerns. Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint’s parent company Softbank Corp, was leading the company’s campaign for a merger and had b...
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Sprint Earnings: Subscriber Losses Continue But Network Overhaul Could Turn Things Around
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a mixed set of fiscal first quarter results on Wednesday, July 30, losing postpaid subscribers due to service disruptions owing to its ongoing network overhaul (“Network Vision”) and heightened competition in...
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Sprint Earnings Preview: Subscriber Losses, Network Overhaul In Focus
Sprint (NYSE:S) is scheduled to announce its Q1 fiscal 2015 earnings on Wednesday, July 30. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. is facing intense competition for new subscribers, with rival T-Mobile stepping up its “UncarrierR...
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Sprint Eyeing $32 Billion T-Mobile Deal
Following intense speculation surrounding the potential of Sprint (NYSE:S) acquiring rival T-Mobile for the last six months, the two companies appear to have reached a tentative deal, according to media reports. Under preliminary terms of the re...
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Sprint Loses Postpaid Market Share But Benefits From Network Efficiencies
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a mixed set of Q1 2014 results on Tuesday, losing postpaid subscribers due to heightened competition in the industry, even as margins expanded to the highest level in almost six years on effective subsidy controls and ne...
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Sprint Faces Subscriber Growth Concerns Amid Intense Competition
Sprint (NYSE:S) is expected to announce its Q1 2014 results on April 29th. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. is facing intense competition for new subscribers, with rival T-Mobile stepping up its ‘Uncarrier’ promotions an...
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Pursuing T-Mobile Could Be Risky For Sprint Given Regulatory And Operating Risks
The Sprint (NYSE:S)/T-Mobile merger saga continues to see interesting twists, with intense speculation holding sway over market sentiment for both stocks. In the latest development, Deutsche Telekom CEO Timotheus Hoettges is rumored to have told ...
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Sprint’s Strong Q4 Mitigate Concerns About Rising Competition, Stock Fairly Valued
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a strong set of Q4 2013 results on February 11, as a surprising positive postpaid net-add figure and strong EBITDA margin expansion alleviated some of the concerns surrounding rising competition in the industry, especial...
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Sprint Q4 Earnings Preview: Postpaid Net Adds, Margins and T-Mobile Competition In Focus
Sprint (NYSE:S) is scheduled to announce its Q4 2013 results on February 11th. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. is facing intense competition f or new subscribers, with rival T-Mobile stepping up its ‘Uncarrier’ promoti...
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Sprint’s Potential Bid For T-Mobile Could Make For A Risky Merger
Sprint (NYSE:S) is considering a merger with T-Mobile and could place a bid as soon as the first half of next year, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Depending on the stake that Sprint wants to acquire in T-Mobile, the deal could ...
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Sprint’s Debt Sales To Pay For Network Upgrades, Near-Term Risks Remain
Bolstered by its recent deals with Softbank and Clearwire, Sprint (NYSE:S) is taking advantage of its momentum and accessing the debt markets for the second time in three months. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. announced Monday tha...
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Sprint’s Spark Program Will Have Long-Term Benefits, Doesn’t Mitigate Near-Term Risks
Sprint’s (NYSE:S) shares have rallied sharply in recent weeks, surging by close to 25% in November on increasing optimism that the carrier’s recently announced Spark strategy will bolster its competitive standing in the wireless indus...
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Sprint Faces Tough Few Quarters Ahead Before It Can Leverage Network Vision
Sprint (NYSE:S) announced a mixed set of Q2 results October 30th, as a sustained increase in data demand helped wireless service revenues grow y-o-y for the 13th straight quarter despite rising subscriber losses. Excluding acquisitions form Clear...
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Sprint Earnings Preview: Impact of iDEN Shutdown and Clearwire Acquisition In Focus
Sprint (NYSE:S) is expected to announce its Q3 earnings on October 30th. This is the first time in almost eight years that Sprint will report results without its legacy iDEN network, which it shut down at the end of Q2. Given that subscribers tra...
