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• Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Investors, Critical, Sprint S, Chief, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Michael Nelson, Ralph Whitworth, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon Communications Inc, Len Lauer, Miami Beach, Patrick Comack, Reston

  Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee is facing intensifying pressure from shareholders to improve the company's financial health, causing several analysts to speculate that he may be forced to step down in the coming months.

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• Forsee: WiMaxed Out

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Forsee, Wimaxed, Out, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Jean Marie Messier, Philip Cusick, Vivendi Sa, Wall Street, At Amp T Inc, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Mike Nelson, Patrick Comack, Reston, United States

  Perhaps someday, WiMax will be the key to turning around Sprint Nextel, the beleaguered Reston cellphone company. Perhaps someday, consumers will walk and drive across the country, enjoying uninterrupted, high-speed Internet service, watching video, e-mailing and talking on the phone over the Web...

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• InPhonic May Put Itself Up For Sale

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Inphonic, May, Put, Itself, For, Sale, Inphonic Inc, Radioshack Corporation, Andy Zeinfeld, Kenneth D Schwarz, Amazon Com Inc, At Amp T Mobility Llc, Best Buy Co Inc, Bloomberg Lp, Lazard Llc, Radioshack Com, Smh Capital Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, T Mobile Internat

  District-based InPhonic said yesterday that it was considering selling itself and had brought in Wall Street restructuring specialist Lazard to help assess that and other options. At the same time, the company said its third-quarter results would be lower than forecast. The stock fell 60 percent.

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• Talk of Returning Headquarters to Kansas Ripples Through Sprint

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Talk, Returning, Headquarters, Kansas, Ripples, Through, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Reston, Overland Park, Gary Forsee, Northern Virginia, Paul Saleh, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc, The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore, Christopher King, Kansas City Metropolitan

  For more than a year, leaders of Sprint Nextel have discussed the possibility of relocating the company's headquarters from Reston to Sprint's longtime home in Kansas, according to two former executives.

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• A Familiar 'Chirp' Fades Away

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Familiar, Chirp, Fades, Away, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Avi Greengart, Gary Baer, Motorola Inc, The Washington Post Company, Verizon Communications Inc, Kim Hart, Northern Virginia, Washington Dc

  It used to be all but impossible to walk down a city street in the Washington area without hearing the "chirp." The distinct beeping noise made by Sprint Nextel's walkie-talkie-like service, called Direct Connect, was so commonplace that it almost seemed a part of the aural landscape.

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• AT& T, Verizon Loosen Cell Contracts

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: At Amp, Verizon, Loosen, Cell, Contracts, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Amy Klobuchar, Apple Iphone, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Alaska, T Mobile International Ag Amp Co Kg, Christopher Murray, Lowell Mcadam Executive, Mark Siegel, Ted Stevens, Better Busine

  The nation's two largest wireless carriers amended their policies on cellphone contracts before a hearing held yesterday by lawmakers interested in legislating consumer-friendly practices.

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• Interim Sprint CEO Sets Out To Restore Company's Focus

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Interim, Sprint, Ceo, Sets, Out, Restore, Company S, Focus, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Paul N Saleh, Kansas, Wall Street, William V Power, Honeywell International Inc, Facebook Inc, Robert W Baird Amp Co Inc, The Walt Disney Company, Baltimore, Chicago, Gary Forsee, North

  Sprint Nextel's interim chief executive acknowledged yesterday that the company had lost focus, and he vowed to rally its beleaguered workforce.

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• Carlyle Considered Buying Out Sprint

  Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Carlyle, Considered, Buying, Out, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Colin Blaydon, Gary Forsee, At Amp T Inc, Cowen Group Inc, Global Telecommunications, Pine Creek Partners, The Carlyle Group Llc, Verizon Communications Inc, Bill Conway, Bill Kennard, Daniel Akerson

  A year ago, just after its first anniversary as a combined company, Sprint Nextel appeared ripe for the picking.

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• Roadblock for Telecom Immunity

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Roadblock, For, Telecom, Immunity, Arlen Specter, Kenneth Wainstein, U S Senate Committee On The Judiciary, At Amp T Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Drezen, The White House

  In a blow to the Bush administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat and Republican expressed reluctance yesterday to granting blanket immunity to telecommunications carriers sued for assisting the government's warrantless surveillance program.

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• Roadblock for Telecom Immunity

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Roadblock, For, Telecom, Immunity, Arlen Specter, Kenneth Wainstein, U S Senate Committee On The Judiciary, At Amp T Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Drezen, The White House

  In a blow to the Bush administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat and Republican expressed reluctance yesterday to granting blanket immunity to telecommunications carriers sued for assisting the government's warrantless surveillance program.

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• You Can Hear Google Now

  Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: You, Can, Hear, Google, Now, Google Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, At Amp T Inc, Apple Iphone, Google Maps, Apple Inc, Emarketer Inc, Forrester Research Inc, Iag Research Inc, Jupitermedia Corporation, T Mobile International Ag Amp Co Kg, Asia

  Google is in late stages of talks with various wireless carriers, including Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile, about equipping cellphones with new software designed by the Internet giant, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

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• Google Teams Up With Cell Industry

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Google, Teams, With, Cell, Industry, Google Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, T Mobile International Ag Amp Co Kg, Apple Iphone, Microsoft Corporation, Apple Inc, John Garcia, American Technology Research Inc, At Amp T Inc, Emarketer Inc, Endpoint Technologies Associat

  Google made its first major foray into the wireless industry yesterday with an announcement that it would partner with cellphone carriers, makers and software developers to create a new system for mobile phones, a crucial move as it seeks to expand its advertising empire.

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• Sprint, Clearwire Call Off WiMax Network Partnership

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sprint, Clearwire, Call, Off, Wimax, Network, Partnership, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Ben Wolff, Intel Corporation, Motorola Inc, Technology Research Corporation, Baltimore, Chicago, Craig Mccaw, George West, Kirkland Washington, Michael Nelson, Mountain View C

  Sprint Nextel and Clearwire said yesterday they were calling off their joint plan to build a national high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology, dealing another blow to Sprint as it struggles to regain its footing.

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• Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Cellphone, Tracking, Powers, Request, Brian L Owsley, Dean Boyd, U S Department Of Justice, Texas, Al Gidari, Florida, U S Drug Enforcement Administration, U S Federal Communications Commission, Perkins Coie Llp, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc

  Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers.

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• No Cultural Merger At Sprint Nextel

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Cultural, Merger, Sprint, Nextel, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Kansas, Mci Inc, Overland Park, Paul Saleh, Reston, Tim Donahue, Microsoft Powerpoint, Aol Llc, Hsbc Holdings Plc, Kansas City, Kendra Marr, Reston Town Center, Richard Dineen, Time Warner Inc

  More than two years after a $35 billion merger creating the nation's third-largest wireless company, Sprint Nextel remains a house divided.

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