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In a sign of its grand ambitions for its new tablet computer, Samsung is launching the device with the four largest wireless operators in the U.S.: AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless. the 7-inch, touch-screen tablet will be available from the various carriers in “coming months,” says Samsung. The Korea-based electronics giant announced [...]

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September 28, 2010, 4:26 PM EDT (Adds Apple’s shares in final paragraph.) Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — When Apple inc. began selling a version of its iPad tablet this year that could connect exclusively to AT&T inc.’s third-generation wireless network, Sprint Nextel Corp. saw an opportunity. Touting the unlimited data on its portable Wi-Fi devices — [...]

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Zacks Equity Research, on Tuesday September 14, 2010, 9:15 am EDT Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S – News), the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, has collaborated with smart grid software provider, Grid Net, to connect smart meters and smart grid routers using its 4G network. Sprint is the first and only national wireless carrier to launch 4G [...]

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This is a summary of how U.S. wireless carriers are dealing with the transition to fourth-generation, or 4G, network technology, which promises faster data speeds: _ Sprint Nextel Corp. subsidiary Clearwire Corp. already has a 4G network up and running, and Sprint started selling the first compatible phone this summer. But Clearwire is using WiMax, [...]

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Computerworld — Sprint Nextel (S) might increase the $10 monthly surplus it charges for 4G smartphones if their average data usage gets too high, CEO Dan Hesse said Wednesday. 4G Wireless: 20 Questions Asked & AnsweredSlideshow: Wireless Networks and Mobility Quiz Sprint sells the HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Epic 4Gsmartphones and charges those customers [...]

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AT&T is finally selling its satellite-3G smartphone, the TerreStar Genus, which can be switched from AT&T's network to a satellite for coverage all over the U.S. The Microsoft Windows 6.5 device looks much like a normal smartphone, different from the larger, more exotic devices that have traditionally been sold for satellite calls. but Genus users [...]

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MetroPCS launched the nation’s first Long Term Evolution 4G wireless broadband network today in Las Vegas along with the first-ever commercial LTE handset. Like all MetroPCS services, the new 4G wireless broadband service is prepaid and it doesn’t require a contract. For $55 a month, users get unlimited talk, text, and data. And for an [...]

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