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Trump announces that Sprint is keeping 5,000 jobs in the U.S.

Dec 29, 2016
Was he really the reason behind it?
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Your credit score might be costing more than you think

Nov 13, 2015
Sprint recently settled for almost $3 million related to "risk-based pricing"

Why wireless providers are ditching the two-year contract

Aug 18, 2015
Sprint is the latest to drop two-year contracts. Marketplace Tech's Ben Johnson explains why.

A pre post-mortem for RadioShack

Mar 25, 2015
How did it come to this?

RadioShack's long road to bankruptcy

Feb 3, 2015
The curtain is finally closing on the troubled chain's long decline.

Want the new iPhone 6? How about a new carrier too?

Sep 10, 2014
Many carriers are offering new plans to lure customers who want the newest iPhone.

Cell carriers are getting creative with phone plans

Sep 10, 2014
They're clamoring to buy your old iPhone and sell you a new one at a deep discount.

For public good, not for profit.

Sprint and T-Mobile eyeing $32 billion merger

Jun 5, 2014
A look at the pros and cons of Sprint potentially purchasing T-Mobile

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says faster data and higher definition calls are his company's future

Dec 30, 2013
Sprint's CEO talks fast data, HD phone calls, "The Three Little Pigs," and a potential T-Mobile merger.

Will a Softbank-Sprint deal lower mobile phone prices?

Jun 26, 2013
Shareholders of Sprint Nextel approved an offer from Softbank to acquire a bulk of the U.S. phone company. Now it's up to Washington regulators to approve the foreign purchase.