AP - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest cellular provider, said Tuesday it will use an emerging technology called WiMax to build a new high-speed wireless network.

AP - Baseball fans will soon be able to use their cell phones to take them out to the ballgame. Sprint reached an agreement with Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the sport's Internet wing, to make audio of radio broadcasts available to its subscribers' mobile phones for $5.99 a month.

Investor's Business Daily - Now that Sprint Nextel has made its wireless Internet plans clear, its next big decision will likely be on the future of its iDen voice network.

AFP - Communications company Sprint Nextel said it was investing up to three billion dollars in what it claimed would be the United States' first nationwide 4G high-speed wireless broadband network.

Sprint Nextel will put its eggs into Intel's basket, and spend up to $3 billion on its wireless WiMax technology. Sprint, Motorola and Samsung Electronics will work with Intel's high-speed data network to bring video and internet access to mobile phones....

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest cellular provider, said Tuesday it will use an emerging technology called WiMax to build a new high-speed wireless network.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp plans to spend up to $4.5 billion to build a high-speed wireless data network using an emerging technology known as WiMax, a source familiar with the plans said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to announce it is choosing the WiMax technology to build a new wireless Internet network in coming years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said that its second quarter profit fell 38 percent, weighed down by merger with Nextel communications and a handful of smaller partners. However, revenue for the quarter increased 76 percent to $10 billion from $5.7 billion a year ago, exceeding analysts' forecast...

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell 38 percent as the nation's third-largest wireless carrier absorbed costs from its merger with Nextel Communications Inc.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider, said on Thursday its quarterly revenue rose as it added new subscribers, while earnings fell after its acquisition of Nextel.

Frenchman Cyril Dessel claims the yellow jersey after finishing second in a sprint finish to Spaniard Juan Miguel Mercado in the Tour's first mountain stage.

Frenchman Jimmy Casper wins the first stage proper of the Tour de France in a sprint finish that leaves Thor Hushovd injured and George Hincapie in yellow.

AFP - Israel carried out an air strike on a bridge in the centre of the Gaza Strip, Israeli military sources said.

AP - Tom Porter and Doug Gardner intensely watch the green numbers scrolling quickly down a 42-inch plasma monitor, making sure information flowing over the World Cup's computer networks moves as smoothly as Brazil's offense.

Pressure of childbirth and investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in connection with the BALCO doping scandal, won't keep the former Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones to revive her lure in U.S. championships, which begin on Thursday....

NewsFactor - The Palm Treo 700p builds upon the success of its predecessors by adding hardware and software improvements that take performance to new levels. Achieving fast data speeds when operated on the EVDO networks of Sprint and Verizon, the Treo 700p not only can serve as a smartphone, but also can work as a high-speed wireless Internet connection for laptop PC users.

- Verizon Communications continues to leave rivals Cingular Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. in its dust, by delivering strong services to its clientele. According to CBS Marketwatch, Verizon leads the pack with lower costs, fewer...

AP - Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn't stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.

TechWeb - Outsourcing may be one of the hottest trends in technology, but Sprint Nextel Corp. is so unhappy about one outsourcing contract that the company is suing.