From Sprint

Sprint, the No. 3 wireless service provider in the US has affirmed its 2006 revenue and earnings projections.

Sprint also stands by the idea that the companys growth will exceed the industry durning the next three years.

The company also expects annual adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) to grow at a double-digit during the same period.

Analysts have showed concern regarding Sprint, however the company says it still expects 2006 revenue in the area of $41 billion

Sprint PCS has added an additional feature for its customers, Sprint PCS Picture Mail groups.

The new feature will allow Sprint PCS Picture Mail subscribers to create online communities.

Users can share interests and invite friends via email or through their Sprint phones to add media of their own to the community, pictures, video and messages, all at no additional cost.

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Well the title says it, not much more can be said. SprintNextel’s numbers in regards to profit show $197 million compared to $437 million the previous year.

SprintNextel also has a slight rise in revenue which offset the past years expenses. Those expenses most notably being the acquisition of Nextel Communications in August of 2005. Sprint is kicking land lines later in the year and is looking to focus on mobiles phones and wireless.

From Yahoo!

Sprint announced today that they are the first carrier to one million song downloads for their mobile music service. The Sprint Music Store launched on October 24, 2005.

With Sprints’ store you can preview and purchase songs from anywhere on the nationwide Sprint Power Vision network. Currently Sprint has almost half a million songs available in just about every genre of music you can think of.

From Sprint

Sprint Nextel and the Utah Communications Agency Network (UCAN) announced the completion of a planning funding agreement (PFA) for 800 MHz reconfiguration.

The new agreement will provide funding for public safety to achieve spectrum reconfiguration in the state of Utah. Thus eliminating dangerous interference to radios at 800 MHz. The agreement between Sprint Nextel and Utah anticipates a full frequency relocation agreement (FRA) to be signed by June 30, 2006.

From Sprint

From Sprint

Sprint and The HistoryMakers, announced “Moments in Black History,” a series of daily, announcements delivered via text message during the month of February.

Sprint mobile phone subscribers can opt in to receive a daily Black History factoid with a link to Sprint’s Black History Month Web site. http://www.sprint.com/blackhistory

From PhoneMag

The other day I was buying some bed sheets. While waiting, I noticed the cahsier was fiddling with her mobile phone. Poking my nose over the counter, I asked, “What are you doing? She enthusiastically replied,”I’m putting my daily intake of calories into my phone.” Well I was happy and so was she. She then told me it was through her carrier which was either Verizon or T-mobile at the time I can’t recall.

Anyway she gave me the rundown on how it has all these categories and calories and it just tallies it all for you. I do wish my carrier had this nifty feature as I’m a tad bit into fitness.

To this date no sales rep at any kiosk for either Verizon or T-Mobile has any idea of what I’m talking about.

Well a mobile fitness application might be a step in the right direction for everyone with Sprint.

Sprint and Bones in Motion have partnered to offer BiM Active. BiM Active is part of an application suite designed to help users acheive fitness goals.

Monitor your activity and upload your results to www.bimactive.com track progress and exchange info with other users. With this new service offered by Sprint mobile users can record all stats for excercises, view progress reports on the phone and share and compare with the BiM community.

Sprint is offering BiM Active for $9.99/month.

From Sprint

The local communication company which is a part of Sprint Nextel has unveiled its new logo and name. EMBARQâ„¢ is the name of the new company. Daniel R. Hesse, who is expected to be the new company’s CEO made the announcement.”The company’s new name, EMBARQâ„¢, and logo are meant to signal the way we will do business and establish what a next-generation local communications company can be,” Hesse said.

EMBARQâ„¢ is expected to make a dramatic entry in the local market. Once seperated from Sprint Nextel it will serve as the fifth largest local communications company in the US, with 7.4 million access lines and approximately 20,000 employees.

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Sprint Nextel introduced a music store for cellphones Monday, the first to offer direct-to-phone wireless downloads.

Sprint’s store offers music downloads for $2.49 each, compared with 99 cents a song at Apple’s iTunes Music Store or RealNetworks’ Rhapsody.

The store works with only two new Sprint phones, which sell for $230 and $250 after rebate and contract. Customers must also invest in a data plan for their cellphone service, a $15 to $25 a month add-on.

Without the data plan, Sprint charges 2 cents a kilobyte for data transfer, so one song download could end up costing $22.50 in purchase and data charges.

Phil Leigh, an analyst with Inside Digital Media, says Sprint’s offering is “way overpriced.”

Longer term, he noted, the convenience “will be attractive to many people once the price comes down.”

Cingular introduced a music phone in September, the poorly reviewed ROKR, which connects to iTunes via PC to transfer purchased songs. Songs can’t be purchased directly on the phone.

Cingular and Verizon say they will have their own music stores in 2006.

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