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Sierra Wireless AirCard 550 modem for connecting a laptop to Sprint's "PCS Vision" network. Sprint operated a nationwide CDMA network in the 1.9 GHz PCS band. In 2006, Sprint's EV-DO "Power Vision" network reached more than 190 million people. Sprint then continued to upgrade their 3G EV-DO network until it reached 260 million people in 2007.
Sprint used Qualcomm's proprietary CDMA format, which they operated in the 1900 MHz band, while Nextel used Motorola's iDEN system, which they deployed at 800 MHz. This meant that the combined company had two distinct customer bases with two types of phones; a Nextel user could not use their phone on the Sprint PCS network, and vice versa.
The Sprint brand was officially amalgamated into T-Mobile on August 2, 2020. No new customers will be accepted to the Sprint network or plans going forward, and current Sprint customers can walk into almost any T-Mobile store (and vice versa) to be helped. Customer service and websites were also integrated this day as well.
The use of contiguous spectrum allows for simple filters to be installed to protect public safety radio systems from interference, which is currently impossible under the existing mixed allocations in the 800 MHz band. Nextel (Sprint) paid for much of the cost of this reconfiguration, but in compensation for lost 800 MHz spectrum, the company ...
Sprint is making it harder for unauthorized third-party charges, known as "cramming," to appear on cell phone bills. Under a settlement with Florida's attorney general, the company says it will ...
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.
Sheraton's 800‑325‑3535, one of the notable early adopters in late 1969, was hard-wired into St. Louis area code 314; [6] 1‑800‑HOLIDAY at that time could not be a U.S. number if the 1‑800‑465 prefix was hard-wired to Thunder Bay's area code 807. Any attempt to call a foreign 1‑800 gave a pre-recorded error, "the number you have ...
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