July 8, 2004 articles

Verizon gobbles up NextWave spectrum

Jul 08 2004 - 04:57 PM ET | Verizon Wireless
Nextel's big deal going down isn't all the spectrum news of the day--another large was pushed through. Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $930 million for a 10 megahertz slice of spectrum in the 1.9 gigahertz band from NextWave. The...

FCC approves Nextel spectrum swap

Jul 08 2004 - 12:30 PM ET | Nextel
The FCC has voted to approve a spectrum swap for Nextel to keep emergency radio spectrum clean from interference. We let you know that it was likely to be approved, as late as yesterday. bq. The decision by the Federal...

Motorola i710 released by Nextel

Jul 08 2004 - 12:24 PM ET | Motorola, Nextel
Nextel today announced the Motorola i710 is now available. It's a flip phone with push-to-talk, GPS, Java, a color screen and more. It will cost you $99.99 after a $25 rebate....

Sprint PM-8920 first 1.3MP cam phone for US

Jul 08 2004 - 12:25 AM ET | Sprint Nextel, UTStarcom (Audiovox)
Sprint PCS has announced the Audiovox PM-8920, the first megapixel camera phone for the US market. It should be a hot seller thanks to a breakthrough price point--$149.99 after rebates. Look for it starting today. Here are the highlights: *...