Sprint Nextel

Despite initial disappointment that it wasn't an iPhone 5, consumers are greeting the iPhone 4S in the only way that really matters to vendors -- by buying them.

The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier is betting the company's future on Apple's iPhone. It probably doesn't have many other choices.

A federal judge has set a Sept. 21 hearing in the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit opposing AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA.

The California Public Utilities Commission has voted to study the impact on consumers of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.

The Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to drill down in its review of AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

If the latest report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index is any indication, AT&T's proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA is a marriage made in hell -- at least for subscribers.

At the CTIA Wireless trade show in Orlando, Fla., Sprint Nextel chief executive Dan Hesse said AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA would stifle innovation in the U.S. wireless market.

Sometime next year -- who knows when -- consumers presumably will be able to buy tablet computers from Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA running unspecified operating systems that will be able to connect with each carrier's not-quite-4G (but called 4G by them) wireless networks.

When wireless service provider Clearwater announced widening losses early in November, the company warned that uncertainty about its ability to obtain sufficient additional capital "raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.”

Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $911 million, or 30 cents per share, compared with a loss of $478 million, or 17 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter.