Business
The No. 3 and No. 4 long-distance telephone services--Sprint and US Telecom--today agreed to form a partnership that will boost their ability to compete with the industry’s leaders, AT&T; and MCI.
Jan. 16, 1986
Music
Lew Menechino can’t believe he almost traded a chance at getting tickets to an upcoming Rolling Stones concert for a tub of ice cream.
Sept. 18, 1997
Technology and the Internet
Regarding “The Ultimate Hang-Up for Phone Workers,” Column Left, Aug. 29: I was one of the founders of a Dallas company, U.S.
Sept. 5, 1995
United Telecom Announces Consolidation: United Telecommunications said it will consolidate operations with its US Sprint long-distance company to make the corporation more efficient as Sprint continues to grow.
Oct. 12, 1989
Sprint PCS, the wireless-telephone unit of Sprint Corp., said it will offer business users access to corporate e-mail and internal computer networks over its phones to lure more high-spending customers.
Aug. 24, 2000
US Sprint reported “significant progress” toward resolving billing problems that have plagued 10% to 20% of the company’s 5 million long-distance telephone subscribers.
Sept. 2, 1987
Telephone company Sprint Corp. said Monday that it would cut about 2,000 jobs, or about 3% of its workforce, as it cuts costs to offset shrinking revenue and weak demand.
Nov. 25, 2003
T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, announced a roughly $26.8-billion merger Sunday that could dramatically reshape the U.S. telecom industry and test consumers’ and regulators’ appetites for further corporate consolidation.
April 29, 2018
As speculation mounted in the weeks leading up to last week’s announcement of a merger deal between MCI WorldCom and Sprint, some analysts worried that the corporate cultures of the two companies might not jibe.
Oct. 11, 1999
Pressed by a federal rule to choose between two ways to provide wireless communications, Sprint Corp. decided Wednesday to spin off its cellular business into a stand-alone company.
July 27, 1995