Simplexity and Sprint Reach Wholesale Agreement
Simplexity, best known for providing the infrastructure necessary to enable virtual operators has announced that it has reached an agreement with Sprint to resell the entire line of services with the goal of serving as the back end for new virtual operators wishing to launch branded services using Sprint’s network. The multi-year agreement spans Sprint’s [...]
Virtual Operator Ting Launches From Tucows
Shareware software portal operator Tucows has officially taken the wraps off of its latest venture in Ting, which is a new virtual operator powered by the Sprint network that brings two key features to cellular service in usage based billing and has done an end run around carriers such as AT&T and Verizon in implementing [...]
Sprint Announces ZTE Optik Android Tablet for February 5th
Sprint has announced its first Android tablet sourced from Chinese device maker ZTE in the Optik. The tablet features a 7-inch touch display at WXGA resolution, Mobile Hotspot support, dual cameras with a front facing 2.0 megapixel camera and 5.0 megapixel rear main camera with 720p video capture, microSD slot, Bluetooth, Android Honeycomb 3.2 with [...]
Sprint Announces Kyocera DuraPlus
Sprint has announced the forthcoming launch of the Kyocera DuraPlus DirectConnect phone. The phone is the third in Kyocera’s line of rugged push to talk handsets with an M810G certified bodyshell for resistance to dust, shock, vibration, temperature extremes, humidity, blowing rain and water immersion for up to 30 minutes in up to 1 meter [...]
ETF Out: Sprint to Begin Phasing Out iDEN in April
According to the latest internal Sprint employee documentation, the carrier will begin the second phase of its Network Vision initiative by “retuning” iDEN cellsites in order to repurpose spectrum for CDMA and future LTE service beginning next month, with a wider retuning in April. The newsletter breaks down what Sprint will do for customers that [...]
LG Marquee To Launch on Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile is steadily shoring up its Android smartphone lineup as it has added the LG Marquee to its lineup with the launch set for January 23rd via Boost Mobile’s online portal and retail stores with a wider launch in February. The Marquee is identical to the version released on Sprint with a 4 inch [...]
Sprint and RIM Release BlackBerry OS 7.1 Update, Adds Mobile Hotspot Support
Sprint and RIM have announced the rollout of BlackBerry OS 7.1 for the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850, which adds Mobile Hotspot support to both devices for the usual $29.99 monthly charge on top of the required Everything Data service plan and BlackBerry access charges. The update will be rolled out over the air and [...]
Live Shots of Sprint’s First LTE Portable Hotspot by Sierra Wireless
Read more to see the first live shots of Sprint’s tiny LTE portable hotspot.
LG Viper LTE for Sprint Hands On (Full HD)
The first live shots of the LG Viper LTE, Sprint’s second LTE smartphone announced at CES. Sprint was up-front in saying that the Viper was not as far along in development as the Galaxy Nexus LTE that they also had on show. But, they did show us the phone for the first time. With a [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint LTE Hands On (Full HD)
We have some of the first Samsung Galaxy Nexus photos on the web, hands-on with Sprint’s first LTE phone, in the highest resolution of any member of the mobile media. Hit read more to see the live shots.
