http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/288/all xx http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/80287/sprint-focuses-m2m-new-business-unit Sprint Nextel Inc. has been in the wireless M2M (machine-to-machine) business for a decade, but this week announced a greater focus on the exploding market area by creating a new Emerging Solutions business unit to speed up delivery of the technology to businesses and consumers. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/80287/sprint-focuses-m2m-new-business-unit#comments Mobile & wireless Networking News m2m Sprint Nextel Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:37:59 -0400 ITworld staff 80287 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/78523/android-tools-now-sprints-developer-site Android developers can now go to Sprint Nextel Inc.'s developer Web site for tools to build applications for the HTC Hero and future Android devices. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/78523/android-tools-now-sprints-developer-site#comments Development News Android HTC Hero Sprint Nextel Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:38:00 -0400 ITworld staff 78523 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/77576/report-t-mobile-may-buy-sprint-create-market-giant T-Mobile plans to acquire wireless carrier Sprint to better compete with giants AT&T and Verizon in the U.S, according to a report on Monday from the U.K.'s Telegraph. http://www.itworld.com/business/77576/report-t-mobile-may-buy-sprint-create-market-giant#comments Business Mobile & wireless News Sprint Nextel T-Mobile Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:23:19 -0400 ITworld staff 77576 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/77093/palm-debuts-its-pixi-smartphone-its-second-using-webos Palm and Sprint Nextel announced the second WebOS smartphone today, the Palm Pixi, and said it will be available from Sprint before the Christmas holidays. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/77093/palm-debuts-its-pixi-smartphone-its-second-using-webos#comments Mobile & wireless Personal tech News Palm Palm Pixi smartphone Sprint Nextel webOS Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:33:40 -0400 ITworld staff 77093 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/64987/sprint-provides-wireless-links-smart-ford-trucks-vans Sprint Nextel is providing wireless connections to Ford trucks and vans that are equipped with in-dashboard PCs. The specialized 2009 Ford F-Series trucks and E-Series vans are now being shipped to dealerships, according to Sprint. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/64987/sprint-provides-wireless-links-smart-ford-trucks-vans#comments Mobile & wireless News automotive Sprint Nextel Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:06:57 -0400 ITworld staff 64987 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/61373/sprint-nextel-lay-about-8000-workers Sprint Nextel, after a huge loss during the first three quarters of 2008, will lay off about 8,000 employees as part of an effort to cut annual costs by US$1.2 billion, the company announced Monday. http://www.itworld.com/business/61373/sprint-nextel-lay-about-8000-workers#comments Business News layoff Sprint Nextel Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:48:10 -0500 ITworld staff 61373 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/60654/sprint-adds-gps-information-nextels-push-tool Sprint is extending the push-to-talk capability of some Nextel handsets to allow sending location information along with voicemail to an e-mail address. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/60654/sprint-adds-gps-information-nextels-push-tool#comments Personal tech News cell phone GPS Sprint Nextel Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:13:58 -0500 ITworld staff 60654 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/59299/ben-wolff-nationwide-wimax-and-killer-app Building a nationwide WiMax network will take two years and comes with a $7 billion price tag, but that is exactly what Clearwire Corp., which recently finalized a merger with Sprint Nextel WiMax business, intends to do says CEO Ben Wolff. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/59299/ben-wolff-nationwide-wimax-and-killer-app#comments Mobile & wireless Interview Clearwire mobile broadband deals Sprint Nextel WiMax Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:44:44 -0500 ITworld staff 59299 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/58597/clearwire-sprint-close-wimax-deal Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/58597/clearwire-sprint-close-wimax-deal#comments Mobile & wireless News Clearwire Google Intel Sprint Nextel WiMax Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:04 -0500 ITworld staff 58597 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/57495/sprint-loses-another-13-million-wireless-customers Sprint Nextel posted a net loss of $326 million for the third quarter of 2008, punctuated by the loss of another 1.3 million wireless subscribers for the quarter. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/57495/sprint-loses-another-13-million-wireless-customers#comments Mobile & wireless News cell phone Sprint Nextel Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:36:25 -0500 ITworld staff 57495 at http://www.itworld.com