Motorola has announced the release of the MOTO Q 9c smartphone via 3 US operators: U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless and Alltel Wireless. Initially the device was exclusively available from Sprint. This summer the Q 9c hits the stores pf U.S. Cellular and Alltel, but Verizon gets it in April. As for the price tag, it [...]

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Rumors on Wall Street today suggested British Telecom (BT) is considering a purchase of Sprint. Though the rumors have helped Sprint’s stock price, most analysts do not believe BT is likely to buy the carrier. BT no longer owns a mobile carrier, having sold O2 to Telefonica recently, leaving the British wireline provider few obvious [...]

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Motorola unveiled a new chip design that will support 3G and 4G mobile devices. The modem is designed to comply with WiMax 802.16e Wave 1.0 and 2.0, and uses MIMO matrix A and B antenna configurations. The modem can provide voice and data communications at broadband speeds, and is more power efficient than current 3G [...]

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The specification for Ultra Mobile Broadband, also knows as EV-DO Rev. C, was published today by the CDMA Development Group and the Third Generation Partnership Project 2. It includes a number of upgrades for the CDMA family of wireless technology, including peak download/upload speeds of 288 Mbps and 75 Mbps, respectively. Along with the faster [...]

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Sprint and Microsoft announced new mobile search services today that take advantage of Live Search and GPS information to provide local results for searches performed from mobile phones. From the home page of Sprint’s WAP portal, users can search for content, local listings, maps and the web for information. With GPS services enabled, the search [...]

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Beginning today, Sprint data subscribers can use the new Mobile Shopper service to buy products from 30 online retailers directly from their phones. Users can search, compare prices, check inventory, email and share item information, as well as make a purchase. The tool is accessed by typing “shop” into the Sprint web browser. Users must [...]

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Sprint today showed off the Palm Centro at a preview event. The Centro has similar specs and features to the Treo 755p, but in a much smaller body - the smallest one Palm has created to date. It will be a 90 day Sprint exclusive, and is expected to launch for [...]

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Sprint today also announced that it will launch CDMA handsets with Nextel Direct Connect early next year. This is not a hybrid CDMA / iDEN technology, but rather a compatible Push To Talk technology using the CDMA network which Sprint successfully tested late last month. Sprint said these handsets will come [...]

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Sprint today announced that its forthcoming 4G high-speed data network based on WiMAX technology will be branded XOHM (pronounced “zoam”). The company also revealed that its new network sharing agreement with Clearwire will enable XOHM to cover 100 million people by the end of 2008 and - if the initial service [...]

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Sprint has exited SpectrumCo, the cable company joint venture that won big in last year’s AWS auction with licenses to cover most of the populated US. An earnings filing from Time Warner Cable and a subsequent earnings call revealed that Sprint gave its notice that it would exit 60 days ago, [...]

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Sprint and Google have agreed to work together to provide a set of software services that will work on the WiMAX network that Sprint is launching later this year. In particular, Google will build a portal that includes search functions and social networking tools, as well as its Google Apps suite [...]

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Sprint last week completed its first successful walkie talkie call between an iDEN and a CDMA phone. A spokeswoman has confirmed that test was an important advancement in Sprint’s efforts to launch walkie talkie service using its Revision A CDMA network. The carrier intends to launch a service that both works [...]

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Cementing its commitment to WiMAX, Sprint confirmed today that it is working with Clearwire to build out a nationwide WiMAX network. The network will primarily be used to provide mobile broadband services in both urban and rural areas. Sprint also said it will offer dual-mode roaming between its CDMA network and [...]

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Sprint will launch Loopt location sharing service on its CDMA network in the next few weeks. Loopt allows users to share their GPS location with a pre-approved list of friends. The application also includes mapping of status messages and photos, which can be used to create a quick location based blog [...]

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According to reports from South Korea, SK Telecom is looking to buyout Sprint. The company has been talking to private equity firms to share cost, as Sprint’s market value is higher than that of SK Telecom. Because of this disparity, there is also speculation that the Korean leader is looking to [...]

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