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Boost Mobile Says No More New IDEN Activations

By Tom Wyrick on July 13, 2012 in Hardware, Other Gadgets, Smartphones

According to information posted on the cellphone discussion website HowardForums, July 9 marked the last day prepaid cellular carrier Boost Mobile allowed new activations of IDEN (Nextel) phones on its network. With Sprint anxious to shut down the Nextel network before the end of 2013, it’s understandable, but this marks the end of an era. […]

Sprint Strikes Deal to Deploy 4G LTE Network, with a Twist

By Nick Kask on June 20, 2011 in Uncategorized

Although Sprint brought us the first 4G network on a national carrier, AT&T and Verizon’s choice to go with LTE as their 4G technology has made critics skeptical of Sprint’s early investment in WiMax. In rather unexpected news, a wireless data provider known as LightSquared has just struck a reported $20 billion deal with Sprint […]

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