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Slide Show: Channel Partners' Top 20 Stories of 2012

What a year in the channel. We tallied our top 20 stories for 2012 by combining online page views with results from our weekly newsletters. Among the top: awards; big merger rumors; job cuts and channel-program changes. But what was No. 1? ...More
December 21, 2012
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Sprint's Clearwire Buy 'Doesn't Solve All Problems'

Buying the rest of Clearwire that it doesn't own is a big step for Sprint, but it doesn't eliminate rival T-Mobile and its pending acquisition of MetroPCS from the wireless picture. ...More
December 18, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Sprint, Clearwire Agree on $2.2 Billion Deal

This is huge for Sprint's future as Clearwire owns a lot of spectrum that will help America's third-largest carrier further build out its next-generation wireless network. ...More
December 17, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Sprint Offers $2.1 Billion for Rest of Clearwire

Acquiring the rest of Clearwire and its spectrum would help Sprint expand its 4G LTE network services across the country. ...More
December 13, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Sprint To 'Make Waves Of Its Own' With 'Imminent' DISH Spectrum Deal

A Sprint-DISH spectrum deal would help Sprint expand its LTE network, and, most importantly, help the carrier Sprint better compete with its bigger rivals. ...More
December 12, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Sprint's Clearwire Announcement Could Come By Month's End

Sprint has reportedly had a number of talks in recent days with Comcast, Bright House Networks and other fellow Clearwire investors about buying them out. ...More
December 12, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Verizon, Sprint Customers Hope for Nokia Lumia 920 Release Date

The popular Windows phone aimed at both the business user and general consumer appears ready to break one of its carrier exclusives. ...More
December 10, 2012
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Sprint Not 'Shaking In Its Boots' Over T-Mobile iPhone Deal

You'd think T-Mobile's announcement last week that it's finally getting Apple's iconic iPhone would make Sprint a little nervous. It shouldn't. ...More
December 10, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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T-Mobile, Rest Easy: Sprint Won't Pursue MetroPCS, For Now

Busy working on getting its $20 billion deal with Japan's Softbank approved, Sprint isn't likely to counter T-Mobile USA's offer for MetroPCS, America's fifth-largest wireless provider. ...More
December 5, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
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Slide Show: Channel Partners' Top 10 Stories in November

We tallied our top 10 stories for November by combining online page views with results from our weekly newsletters. Among the top: Subagents complain about labels; Verizon's top trends for 2013; and Broadview's exit from bankruptcy. But what was No. 1? ...More
December 5, 2012
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