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Clearwire says it's not married to WiMAX for 4G, would be easy to switch {Engadget}
Sep 16th 2009 8:27PM Sprint moved its 4G assets and spectrum to Clearwire and owns 51% of Clearwire. So Sprint is fully able to take advantage of any change in technological direction that Clearwire may decide on.
Deutsche Telekom eyeing Sprint Nextel for acquisition? {Engadget}
Sep 13th 2009 6:15PM Instead of thinking about current wireless technologies like GSM/CDMA/iDEN think about the future which will WiMAX and LTE. Clearwire is currently building out the WiMAX. However one interesting tidbit is the equipment selected for the WiMAX network is also designed to run LTE, so while the company is deploying WiMAX technically they are not locked into having a WiMAX only network for the long term.
Deutsche Telekom eyeing Sprint Nextel for acquisition? {Engadget}
Sep 13th 2009 6:10PM Sprint owns 51% of Clearwire so they do retain the ability to veto any deal that is not in Sprint's best interest.
Deutsche Telekom eyeing Sprint Nextel for acquisition? {Engadget}
Sep 13th 2009 6:07PM That has got to be the dumbest most uninformed comment I've ever read in regards to Sprint. Hesse didn't start the cluster**** but he has been kicking ass getting it fixed. Gary Forsee's tenure as CEO was a disaster, the Nextel merger was a mistake. Sprint has some of the most open firmware in the US and exposes many features to third party applications that *cough* *cough* Verizon does not.
Engadget's back to school giveaway part 2: win an Xbox 360 prize pack! {Engadget}
Sep 7th 2009 3:10PM would be nice next to my wii.
Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one! {Engadget}
Aug 31st 2009 3:47PM need this before the next Phish show
Engadget's recession antidote: win a 16GB iPhone 3G from Rapid Repair! {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2009 1:18PM call me!
Engadget's recession antidote: win a DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo! {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 12:39PM sticking it to the man
Engadget's recession antidote: win a Mint 300 Digital Music Station! {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2009 10:39PM me me me me!!!
Sprint Nextel sells off "nearly all" of its towers to TowerCo for $670 million {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 1:20AM Found it:
Sprint sold 6500 towers in May 2005 to Global Signal.
http://sec.edgar-online.com/2007/03/01/0000950133-07-000866/Section4.asp
