After it announcing it would move all voice calls off Nextel's iDEN network, Sprint now appears to be doing just the opposite. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of CNET since ...

US operator Sprint has announced the partners for its widely-anticipated network evolution programme, with Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Samsung all picking up parts of the deal. The tender process has ...

Good news, push-to-talk fans: Sprint wants to get you off its iDEN network! Good news, push-to-talk fans: Sprint wants to help you get off its iDEN network and onto CDMA! Sprint adding customers but ...

So you won't be able to take full advantage of having access to both voice networks with this phone? I have to say...that's what I was expecting of this phone. Now I'm not too excited. This doesn't ...

Most iDEN handsets are built to withstand rougher treatment than your average cell phone, but the venerable network itself will finally bite the dust within the next few years. Most iDEN handsets are ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sprint remains on schedule to decommission the iDEN Nextel National Network beginning at 12:01 am Eastern time on June 30. iDEN devices will then no longer ...

They were great 2003-2006. Now they are garbage. Why release more iDEN phones when you have a HUGE "FOR SALE" sign on the network? Concentrate on getting more and better CDMA exclusives. They really ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp is considering a sale of the Nextel wireless network it bought in 2005, but may have trouble finding a buyer for an asset whose value has plunged about 80 ...

The approval for 3G/4G over iDEN spectrum from the FCC last week was the last step needed for Sprint to begin shutdown of Nextel's iDEN network. Now, Sprint has announced it will be shut down within a ...

The newly announced merger of cell phone operators Sprint and Nextel could mean a big win for Qualcomm and a big problem for an obscure Motorola cell phone technology. Nextel's cellular network is ...

Sprint Nextel is extending the push-to-talk capability of its Nextel handsets so subscribers can send voicemail messages to e-mail addresses along with detailed information about their locations. The ...