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Sprint 4G LTE on Prepaid? Eventually...

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 8:51 PM MST   Today, Sprint's President of Network Operations, Steve Elfman, commented that Sprint is going to bring its new 4G LTE to its Prepaid Divisions in the future. Not only that, but he took a moment at CES to confirm that they plan to keep unlimited into the future as a way for Sprint to differentiate itself from its competitors. Sprint will likely wait to bring LTE to prepaid when it's LTE network is

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Follow Sprint 4G Rollout Updates for the latest news with Sprint Network Vision, 4G LTE and 4G Devices

Sprint 4G Rollout Updates is the prime source for Sprint Network Vision and 4G information on the internet. We scour hundreds of sources every day to bring you breaking news about Sprint, LTE, WiMax, new 4G devices, etc. If you want the latest in what's going on at Sprint related to Network Vision and LTE deployment and all other network information, than look no further than S4GRU. We have our own website here with forums and on social media at Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Co

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Network Vision updates from Dan Hesse

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 1:35 PM MST   In the Citi 2012 Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse spoke to investors. In his comments, Mr. Hesse included some breaking news for Network Vision. Dan Hesse announced that Network Vision will be launched in 10 markets by the end of June. This would include 4G-LTE deployments. He said it will be in 4 primary markets and 6 unnamed smaller markets. He named t

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SprintFeed leaks rumor that the new Samsung Galaxy Note not-quite-tablet/not-quite-smartphone is coming to Sprint

SprintFeed.com is reporting a rumor from an internal source that Sprint is getting the massive Samsung Galaxy Note. The slightly awkward and obese brother to the Samsung Galaxy SII series is larger than any smartphone, but smaller than 7" tablets.   What is not known at this time is what kind of network Sprint's model of the Note would support. Would it be 3G only? Would it run on the nearly obsolete 4G WiMax? Perhaps LTE? Yeah, I know that the LTE idea is far fetched, but I had to thr

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Sprint is getting a LTE Galaxy Nexus??? WTH???

Engadget reveals that a Sprint ad has shown up on the CNET website pushing a LTE Galaxy Nexus. Wow. Now I'm excited. That was not expected. And also, it says it has a 1.5GHz dual core processor, beefier than the GSM and Verizon model with 1.2GHz dual core. This seems too good to be true.   Of course, we want some details! When is it going on sale? What frequencies of LTE will it support? Is it not coming out until summer, like previously announced? Is the LTE part a typo? Details, Dan!

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Sprint 4G LTE speed tests appear on YouTube from San Antonio

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 6:51 AM MST   DISCLAIMER: This is unverified. It sounds great, and hopefully true. But I am not vouching for it's validity... I awoke to the sound of e-mails pinging in my inbox on my Epic 4G Touch on my nightstand. Several S4GRU readers tipping me off to a new YouTube video sporting some Sprint 4G LTE speed tests. The results are quite impressive. Download speeds over 40MB, and upload speeds around 5MB. T

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First 3 4G LTE Officially Announced from Sprint, including Galaxy Nexus LTE!

Sprint officially announces three new 4G LTE devices. The Galaxy Nexus LTE, which was rumored last week is now confirmed. Also another smartphone, the LG Viper 4G LTE and a new MiFi hotspot that will run on 3G, WiMax and LTE. Exciting developments today!   The LG Viper 4G LTE... The Sierra Tri-Network MiFi Hotpot with 3G, WiMax and LTE The Galaxy Nexus LTE... Click image to enlarge   Source: http://www.sprint.co...LX:NXS:300x1050

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It's Official! Galaxy Nexus LTE coming to Sprint!

Sprint is now officially announcing the Galaxy Nexus LTE! Also, in the link Sprint announces it's second LTE device, the LG Viper LTE. Exciting. http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=MA:AB:20120109:CES:GLX:NXS:300x1050     Click on image to enlarge

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Sprint Nextel Schedules Fourth-Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results Announcement

Sprint Nextel Schedules Fourth-Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results Announcement   OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), January 11, 2012 - Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2011 on Wednesday, February 8. The results will be posted at www.sprint.com/investors at approximately 7 a.m. ET. Sprint Nextel management will host a conference call at 8 a.m. ET to discuss the results.   Sprint Nextel Conference

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Sprint VP: No more new WiMax phones, speculation of LTE devices selling in April and don't expect Windows Phones in the near future

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 9:49 AM MST   On Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas, Sprint VP of Product Development, David Owens declared that Sprint "won't be introducing anymore WiMax smartphones." Sprint will be focusing its product development efforts from here forward on it's LTE line up. Mr. Owens further went on to say, "April, May, June, July, August, those will be very aggressive times for us". Is this some indication that we can expect L

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Sprint Regional Affiliate Shentel releases some more Network Vision info in conference call with investors

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates- Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 11:21 AM MST   In a conference call yesterday with investors, Sprint Regional Affiliate, Shenandoah Telecommunications (aka Shentel) provided a little more clarity with their Network Vision and LTE plans for the next 24 months, as well as some details of their new agreement with Sprint Nextel. "The amendment creates a win-win situation for both Sprint Nextel and Shentel and allows us to upgrade our network in accor

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Artificial scarcity and the iPhone empire

by Scott Johnson Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:00 PM MST   The iPhone is something many people see as a status symbol. Many who have never owned one, long for their upgrade date so they can go out and buy the "exclusive" iPhone that they have been denied access to for years. Even some who had the iPhone, and then switched carriers, long to repurchase another. Yes, the iPhone is a well made smartphone with access to a loaded app store, and has many desirable fea

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Sprint’s Network Vision and LTE Deployment details emerge for Chicago

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Friday, February 3, 2012 - 1:15 AM MST   Last month, Sprint announced that Network Vision and LTE Deployment is under way in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Sprint 4G Rollout Updates can confirm that Network Vision and LTE Deployment is well underway in Chicago also. As well as a few communities in Northeast Iowa. Sprint 4G Rollout Updates was able to receive information from internal Sprint documents that have not been released

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Want a Samsung Galaxy Note on the Now Network? Maybe you can...

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:51 PM MST   Tim Godsil wants you to sign his petition. What petition do you ask? The petition he started on the Change.org website to motivate Sprint to carry the mega-sized Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. The Android powered, not-quite tablet, not-quite smartphone is making many waves this season. If all the hype turns into sales, Samsung has the making of a new iconic smartphone series. And dozens of knock-off

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LightSquared given stays from Sprint and FCC

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:13 PM MST   LightSquared has now been in the tech news headlines for two days in a row. Yesterday, it was announced that the FCC is opening up a public comment period for the LightSquared Terrestrial LTE network and today it was announced that Sprint extended LightSquared’s deadline by another 45 days. Both are seen as good news for the beleaguered would-be 4G LTE network wholesaler.   Dan Hesse has o

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Sprint Galaxy Nexus Plus?

by Jeff Foster Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 7:46 PM MST   Since last fall, there had been talk of a Samsung Galaxy Nexus launching on American carriers other than Big Red. Sprint has finally announced several weeks ago that it is the another vendor slated for release in the U.S. Suffice to say, many of us out there, especially those adverse to heading to Verizon and paying its premium prices, are excited about the impending release. The good news is t

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AT&T's charges of Sprint's disinvestment in rural areas the height of hypocrisy

by Andrew J. Shepherd Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 9:59 PM MST   On AT&T’s Public Policy Blog recently, AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn makes some bold claims about Sprint "disinvestment" in rural areas. But, at best, AT&T has failed to do its homework. And, at worst, the AT&T blog piece is an old fashioned hatchet job. The claims of Sprint "disinvestment" in rural areas in this case are largely contradictory to the facts. And the disp

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New iPhone 5 LTE coming in October as Sprint Exclusive?

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Friday, January 20, 2012 - 1:09 PM MST   It's a slow Sprint 4G news day. So I have been saving this write up for just such a moment. We don't want to get stale and boring here at Sprint 4G Rollout Updates. Even if it means delving into the hysterical world of fantastical rumors. A week ago, the Kansas City Business Journal broke with a story about the possibility of Sprint getting an exclusive shot to first carry the iPhone 5 with LTE. Of

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Network Vision Drawings discovered for tower updates in Lawrence/Douglas County, Kansas

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 10:59 PM MST   Drawings were discovered and posted in the Howard Forums this evening showing permit sets of drawings for Network Vision improvements to towers in Lawrence, Kansas. These drawings show detailed before Network Vision, transition configurations and final layouts. This gives a good technical review of exactly how the towers will modified under Network Vision. Interestingly, it includes 1600MHz ant

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LightSquared writes scathing letters to the FCC and NTIA sounding desperate yet accurate

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 4:09 PM MST   Embattled LTE wholesale upstart LightSquared has written a letter to Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) and filed with the FCC blasting how Phase 1 testing was conducted on destructive interference trials between their terrestrial LTE network and high precision GPS systems. In the letter, LightSquared starts in the fir

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OK...Yours truly may have come up with the LightSquared solution

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 2:29 PM MST   OK. I'm gonna stick my neck out there, and I know there are going to be a lot of naysayers that say it can't be done. But I think I may have a solution for LightSquared that could solve their terrestrial LTE network problem. Currently, LightSquared is trying to gain approval to deploy and operate a FD-LTE network on its L-Band spectrum. This L-Band is paired spectrum that has downlink allocated

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Carl Icahn buying out bonholders at LightSquared...cashing in or bailing out?

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 3:29 PM MST   Bloomberg is reporting that billionaire Carl Icahn (with two other investors) has bought out $300 Million worth of bonds from LightSquared bondholders. This begs the question? Icahn coming in as Savior or as a cold hearted liquidator? It seems like an odd time to all of a sudden get faith in the fledging start up that is LightSquared. So motives have to be in question, here. Icahn is reporte

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Anonymous on the Rampage!

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 4:09 PM MST   Anonymous is on the rampage! It appears that the famous (or infamous) hacking consortium is displaying its displeasure of the FBI raiding and arresting the head of MegaUpload today. Anonymous is believed to be responsible for taking down the websites of the DOJ, White House and FBI in retaliation. Additionally, just for good measure, Anonymous has also attacked the sites of the Universal Mus

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Does this image tell us that Sprint is beginning iDEN decommissioning sooner than previously announced?

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Monday, January 30, 2012 - 4:45 PM MST   In a new graphic BriefMobile.com has released (see at bottom), Sprint is claiming to begin retuning iDEN towers in Louisiana (presumably in February) and the rest of the country starting in April. But what is retuning in this instance, really? In the graphic they are prepping Sprint CSR’s with info of what to tell iDEN PTT customers. It also mentions who can get out of ETF’s (Early Termination Fe

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