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On October 8, 2008, Sprint Nextel launched WiMAX in Baltimore and showed off several new laptops that will have embedded WiMAX chips. They announced that Sprint will be offering dual-mode 3G/4G products by the end of the year. Baltimore was the first city to get Xohm, but it was launched soon after in more cities, such as Chicago and Philadelphia.
Sprint Corporation, in 2005, acquired Nextel and changed its name to Sprint Nextel Corporation. The company spun off its local wireline assets into a separate company in 2006 as Embarq Corporation. Sprint Missouri then became Embarq Missouri, Inc. Embarq was acquired by CenturyTel in 2009, which in 2010 changed its name to CenturyLink.
XOHM launched officially on September 29, 2008, in Baltimore and was deployed in other markets in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as Sprint 4G. XOHM was merged with Clearwire . Sprint owns 54% of the firm, with ex-Clearwire shareholders owning 24%, and a consortium of Comcast , Time Warner , Intel , Google , and Bright House owning 22%.
Sprint Nextel (S) announced today a plan to upgrade its network over the next three to five years, aiming to save billions of dollars in the process. The third largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier ...
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What a week for Sprint Nextel (NYS: S) and its shareholders. The announcement on Oct. 15 that cellular behemoth Softbank of Japan will acquire a 70% stake in Sprint, providing much-needed support ...
The following companies were acquired from Embarq, which was formed in 2006 by the spin-off of the local telephone operations of Sprint Corporation (previously named United Telephone). It also includes companies formerly owned by Centel which was purchased by Sprint in 1993. CenturyLink of Florida, Inc. CenturyLink of Minnesota, Inc.
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