Sprint to Buy iPCS for $426 Million, Ends Litigation and Pending iDEN Divestiture
Sprint has announced that it will be purchasing the largest remaining affiliate in iPCS for $426 million in cash, effectively ending years worth of litigation and a planned divestiture of iDEN assests as the result of a legal decision earlier this year. iPCS provided cellular service under the Sprint brand name as a result of […]
Sprint Affiliate Sues to Halt Clearwire Deal
iPCS Inc, an affiliate of Sprint, is in the hunt to preclude Sprint from forming a deal with Clearwire Corp to offer high-speed mobile WiMax. On the other hand Sprint clearly believes that this new formation will not affect its affiliates, therefore appealing against that decision. “iPCS believes that Sprint Nextel’s recently announced WiMax transaction […]
Sprint Nextel Will Seek A Stay Of Judgment In iPCS Case
On September 20th Judge Quinn issued the final ruling ordering Sprint Nextel to cease operations of it’s Nextel iDEN Network in all iPCS territories. Previously Judge Quinn had thought about making Sprint Nextel divest itself of the Nextel Network in iPCS territories, but later acknowledged the severe complexity of doing so. As of September 20th […]
Sprint: iPCS Injunction Motion Denied
Today, an Illinois judge refused to grant iPCS’s motion to block the Sprint Nextel merger, though Sprint was ordered to not disclose certain key information in regards to iPCS’s affiliate agreement with Nextel. This could potentially cause problems for Sprint in the future though, as it is unknown how Sprint can merge with Nextel if […]
Sprint: iPCS + UbiquiTel = Affiliates v. Sprint
Today iPCS (a Sprint PCS affiliate) filed suit against Sprint on the grounds that, like UbiquiTel, Nextel’s inclusion in Sprint violates Sprint Nextel’s no-competition clauses in their affiliate agreements.