and Nextel would avoid a costly upgrade of its own network. The companies estimated the merger would save them $12 billion in operating costs and network upgrades. The combination comes as the ...

Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint) is a holding company that offers a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses, government ...

Sprint had announced in August that it would cut 800 customer service jobs related to the shutdown of its outdated Nextel network in June, setting the stage for a return to subscriber growth by ...