Sprint is close to an agreement to buy Nextel for more than $35 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. A Sprint-Nextel merger, which would combine the No.

(AP) Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. ended its spectrum hosting agreement with start-up LightSquared, whose network looks doomed because regulators say it interferes with GPS navigation devices.

Sprint and Nextel Communications on Friday formally closed the merger they announced last Dec. 15, forming a mobile telecommunications behemoth called Sprint Nextel. The new company, with about 44 ...

#3 Wireless player T-Mobile is seeking to improve its competitive position by merging with Sprint. The deal would accelerate the development of the more rapid 5G network. Approval of the pending deal ...

City Council needs to answer a question - Sprint or AT&T? - so that more than 6,000 city employees can answer the question, "Can you hear me now?" On today's council agenda, Mayor Annise Parker ...

Happy Boxing Day! Investors are emerging from the holiday in good, albeit somewhat lethargic, spirits if this morning's tape is anything to go by. The S&P 500 and the narrower Dow Jones Industrial ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said it would pay Ericsson $4.5 billion to $5 billion to manage its network under a 7-year deal in which 6,000 Sprint workers will move to Ericsson. Sprint ...