Sprint announces highest profit ever after saying it needs T-Mobile merger

Enlarge / Sprint retail location in Cleveland, Tennessee, on June 19, 2016. (credit: Getty Images | TennesseePhotographer) Sprint yesterday announced “the best profitability in company history” thanks to growth in its customer base, just days after saying it needed to merge with T-Mobile USA in order to improve its network. If Sprint was doing worse, […]

T-Mobile and Sprint don’t need to merge for 5G—they said so two months ago

Enlarge / T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray details T-Mobile’s plans to build a nationwide 5G network. (credit: T-Mobile USA) One of the US’ most successful mobile broadband providers is acquiring a struggling, smaller competitor, but it needs government approval of the merger. To make their case, the merging companies tell regulators that they can’t fully upgrade […]

T-Mobile and Sprint agree to merge, create giant to rival AT&T and Verizon

Enlarge (credit: T-Mobile) T-Mobile USA and Sprint today announced an agreement to merge, a deal that would combine the US mobile industry’s third and fourth biggest carriers to create a giant nearly as large as AT&T or Verizon Wireless. The all-stock merger deal would have T-Mobile acquire Sprint for $ 26 billion worth of stock, according […]

It looks like T-Mobile and Sprint are inching closer to finalizing terms in multibillion-dollar merger

AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis US wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint are finalizing terms as they seek to sign a merger by Monday that could value Sprint at around $ 26 billion. The combined company, with more than 127 million customers, would have added clout to challenge industry leaders Verizon and AT&T. Among other things, the telecom giants are in […]

(Live at 8:55 pm ET) Paralympic Winter Games | Day 5 | Cross-Country Skiing: Men's and women's sprint and sprint classic qualifying, semifinals and finals

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Watch Paralympic cross-country skiing coverage of the men’s and women’s 1.1km sprint – sitting and 1.5km sprint classic – standing and visually impaired, in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Usain Bolt makes football announcement: Sprint legend WILL play at Old Trafford

Bolt teased fans over the weekend with a message claiming he’s signed for his first football team. And now it has been announced he will take part in Soccer Aid, opposite Robbie Williams, in a charity match at Old Trafford. The friendly match will take place at Old Trafford on Sunday 10 June, just four […]

Sprint commits to launching mobile 5G nationwide in 2019, raising prices

Following a series of increasingly concrete 5G rollout announcements from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, Sprint today committed to launching mobile 5G service nationally in the first half of 2019 — at somewhat higher prices. The commitment suggests that the fourth-place U.S. carrier may lag behind larger rivals AT&T and Verizon, which will begin 5G deployments later […]

VR runner ‘Sprint Vector’ launches on February 13th

Ever wanted to run in virtual reality without smacking into a real wall? You’ll have a chance shortly. Survios has revealed that its VR foot racing game Sprint Vector launches February 13th for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The sci-fi runner stands out with a unique control scheme where you pump your arms […]