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Alamosa PCS, which Sprint Nextel acquired on February 2, 2006, was the largest of its affiliate carriers. Other acquired affiliates include Ubiquitel, iPCS, Enterprise, and Northern. In 2021, after merging with Sprint in 2020, T-Mobile acquired the remaining two of Sprint's original ten affiliates, Shentel [60] and Swiftel. [61]
Sprint Direct Connect Now, based on Qualcomm Inc.'s proven push-to-talk technology platform, effectively extends Sprint's growing push-to-talk franchise - with more than 1 million Sprint Direct ...
In 1992, Centel was acquired by Sprint, and Central of Texas began carrying business on under the Sprint name retained its corporate name. In 2006, the company was spun off into Embarq when Sprint Nextel spun off its local telephone operations. [2] The company did business as CenturyLink from 2009-2022, following the acquisition of Embarq by ...
Following the completion of the Sprint-Nextel merger on August 12, 2005, future plans for Nextel included migrating customers to Sprint's CDMA network. After the merger, Sprint maintained the Nextel trademark as an unrelated group in Florida not affiliated with Sprint filed two trademarks and opened its businesses under the Nextel name. Sprint ...
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from the four major cellular carriers in the country—AT&T Mobility, Boost Mobile, T-Mobile US, and Verizon—and offer various levels of free and/or paid talk, text and data services to their customers.
Direct connect may refer to: Direct Connect (protocol), a file sharing client and protocol; A protocol used by the program AOL Instant Messenger; Sprint Direct Connect, a brand name used by Sprint Corporation for its digital push-to-talk service, similar to a walkie-talkie; Direct Connect is an Australian company related to Lumo Energy
The following companies were formerly owned by Embarq, acquired in 2009, and formerly owned by Sprint Nextel or United Telephone until 2006. Centel companies are also included, which was purchased by Sprint in 1993. Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company (North Carolina) Central Telephone Company (Nevada, North Carolina)
Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile US merged in 2020 in an all shares deal for $26 billion. The deal was announced on April 29, 2018. [1] [2] [3] After a two-year-long approval process the merger was closed on April 1, 2020, [4] [5] [6] with T-Mobile emerging as the surviving brand.