PC World - Like its Windows Mobile-based sibling, the Treo 700p supports fast EvDO networks--and will be available from Sprint as well as Verizon Wireless.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. has received U.S. antitrust clearance to acquire its wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. for about $1 billion, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

AFP - The vintage video arcade game Super Pac-Man was revived for play on Sprint mobile telephones as computer game makers showed off their latest wares at the industry's largest trade show.

AP - Time Warner Inc.'s cable TV unit is considering a bid for cell-phone spectrum licenses together with three other cable companies and Sprint Nextel Corp.

Former Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones will run her first race in almost a year when she competes against ex-world champion Torri Edwards over 100 meters at Veracruz in Mexico. Jones’ manager Charles Wells says, "She is looking...

AP - Robbie McEwen prevailed in a group sprint Tuesday to win the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia — his second victory in three days.

San Diego started the season with one of the worst records of any Major League team at 9-16 in April. It's a good thing for San Diego the MLB season is a marathon and not a sprint. The Padres have reversed their fortunes over the last...

Former US sprint star Tim Montgomery has pleaded not guilty to charges connecting him to a $5m bank fraud and money laundering scheme, in an appearance before a district judge on Wednesday. Montgomery and several others are charged with a...

Reuters - A chemist accused of supplying steroids to the BALCO lab changed his plea to guilty on Friday in U.S. federal court in a scandal that has tarnished top athletes in global sport, including San Francisco Giants baseball star Barry Bonds.

The merging of Nextel Communications with itself takes its toll as Sprint reported a net income of $ 417 million against $ 470 million reported for corresponding quarter last year. Another contributing factor was lackluster subscriber...

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday said first-quarter profits declined 11 percent as merger costs outweighed higher sales for the cell-phone carrier.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. wireless service, on Wednesday posted higher adjusted quarterly earnings, and revenue rose as it added new subscribers.

USATODAY.com - Thirty-eight football fields! That's about as close as I got to "pinpointing" my wife and daughter's whereabouts the other day during one attempt to find them via the cellphone in my spouse's purse. I was testing the Sprint Family Locator by WaveMarket, an LBS, or location-based service, launched by Sprint Nextel.

Sprint Nextel Corp. makes a deal to buy wireless provider UbiquiTel Inc. for $1 billion. The Associated Press reports the acquisition is the latest in Sprint's continuing effort to buy regional affiliates that sued over the Sprint-Nextel merger....

USATODAY.com - Thirty-eight football fields! That's about as close as I got to "pinpointing" my wife and daughter's whereabouts the other day during one attempt to find them via the cellphone in my spouse's purse. I was testing the Sprint Family Locator by WaveMarket, an LBS, or location-based service, launched by Sprint Nextel.

NewsFactor - Anxious parents looking for kids who are late coming home from school or who might have overstayed their visit to the mall can now pinpoint the location of those wayward children via mobile phone.

PC World - Mobile phone service allows parents to track their children with the help of GPS technology.

Macworld.com - For some kids with overprotective parents, maybe owning a cell phone won’t be so cool after all. Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a service on Thursday allowing parents to track their children with the help of GPS (Global Positioning System) technology embedded in their children’s mobile phones.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN)—As it makes a bid to expand its presence in the family market, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, Sprint Nextel Corp., introduces a wireless service to help parents find their children. According to the report, the new technology lets parents...

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, plans on Thursday to introduce a wireless service to help parents find their children as it makes a bid to expand its presence in the family market.