Nextel News

Sprint is looking to buy T-Mobile, and reconcile with Clearwire, in a move that could result in just three major carriers in the U.S. Meanwhile, Apple released the iPad 2, while the devastation in Japan could mean parts shortages for the tech industry.

Sprint today announced plans to start phasing out its Nextel network in 2013, unburdening itself of having to operate two incompatible services.

Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless provider, today announced the Motorola Clutch, its first push-to-talk phone with an integrated QWERTY keyboard.

Sprint today announced a push-to-talk phone that is safe to use in hazardous areas with flammable gasses.

Sprint Nextel has agreed to sell nearly all its cell phone towers to a private-equity-backed firm called TowerCo in a deal that will generate about $670 million in cash for the struggling wireless carrier.