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SprintNextel and T-Mobile USA are reportedly discussing another tie-up, as both companies seek to stop the flow of customers defecting to larger cell-phone service providers. In the past, the carriers have mulled a merger but haven't been able to agree on who would acquire whom.

Update: Assurance Wireless announced on Feb. 3 that it is lowering per minute charges for calls to 10 cents a minute. Assurance Wireless is offering a cellphone and 200 minutes of calls for free to low-income people -- a noble goal but one that could prove costly if the users stick with the free...

SprintNextel's new CEO Dan Hesse is trying to breathe some life back into the company. One of the strategic ideas he's tossing around is getting rid of tracking minutes for wireless plans. No one knows how soon it might happen, but we could see flat-rate wireless pricing on the horizon.How cool...