The whole article is a little odd in that they only talk about 800 MHz in the last paragraph. You're right though, they're imply that Sprint hasn't done any work with 800 MHz when we all now that's not true.
Tim, you feel like correcting the same band 41 equipment error, only on a different site?
http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20140625/carriers/sprint-site-tour-shows-spark-influence-lack-800-mhz-lte/
Speaking of Light Reading, Karl Bode apparently doesn't think that the public unveiling of 8T8R is "wow inducing" (second comment).
EDIT: Forgot the link: http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/devices-smartphones/pics-sprints-day-at-the-broadcast-museum/d/d-id/709580?
Wow you're right
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/samsung-reliance-jio-team-up-for-4g-infrastructure/article5444591.ece
Oh wow I didn't know that Verizon was using Samsung's small cells. That speaks highly on Samsung then because there's no way Verizon would use cheap crap for their equipment.
Since we're on the subject of NV vendors, has Samsung landed any notable contracts since Sprint? I can't think of any and that seems odd to me given how well they've done for Sprint.