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Cell phone data plans are hard to escape these days as hundreds of thousands of Google Android phones and Apple iPhones are activated every day. These smartphones bring access to the Web, streaming music, videos and apps -- all of which require a data connection to work. Most carriers now require a...

Sprint-Nextel Corp (S) reported a loss of 30 cents per share for the third quarter, compared with a loss of 17 cents per share in 2009. Revenues rose 1% to $8.2 billion, the company said in a statement. Sponsored Links The increased loss was partly due to the company subsidizing customer...

Sprint is making it harder for unauthorized third-party charges, known as "cramming," to appear on cell phone bills. Under a settlement with Florida's attorney general, the company says it will continue using the standards that office has set for advertisements on websites. This includes...

You'll get more for your money with no-contract wireless – as long as you pay your bill on time. Today, Boost Mobile, one of the pre-paid arms of Sprint, rolls out Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage. It works like this: The basic Monthly Unlimited (unlimited phone, text, data, IM and 411) is...

Sprint's new phones will carry a new feature, Sprint ID, which allows users to download pre-packaged sets of Android apps without having to sift through the entire array of Android apps.

For the most part, getting a smart phone with a data plan is an expensive transaction which carries a hefty monthly fee for a set amount of data usage. Starting later this month however, cell phone shoppers can get an Android powered smart phone on Virgin Mobile with unlimited data starting at $25...

Even though Walmart already sells phones and service from every major cell phone company and has a collection of brands like Straight Talk, which runs on Verizon, and Common Cents, which runs on Sprint; the company didn't have a house brand. That changed this week with the introduction of Walmart...

Wal-Mart Stores is partnering with T-Mobile to introduce Wal-Mart Family Mobile, the first cell-phone plan to use the retail giant's own branding.

AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint-Nextel want to protect themselves against the iPad and the power it brings Apple in the wireless marketplace. Case in point: Samsung Electronics will launch its new Galaxy Tab tablet soon and all three telecoms will market it.

Nine former Sprint employees have been charged with accessing thousands of customer accounts to make millions of dollars worth of illegal calls, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. The scammers, who worked in Sprint stores in New York, New Jersey and...