Hi everyone, I will be coming over from
T-Mobile (moving to Columbia SC). Is there any deposit for new individual accounts? And how is the coverage in S Carolina?

Does anyone know whats goin on with Nextel partners with this merger. Nothing is being mentioned about the partners market.

What do you folks think the first post merger accouncement will be? Now, don't say, "Merge approved by FCC!"
I mean, "Nextel/Motorola/iDEN handsets now avail at all Sprint stores or Radio Shack" or something like that...

I left nextel last year, and I joined back yesterday. I got the i860 and wanted to know what do you guys think of it? Also Im about to add another line, should I wait for the i930 to come out before I do that?

how much is the nextel deposit ..i have no credit at no..not bad credit just never had anything to do with my credit...how much do i have to pay to get with nextel?

Total subs
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Verizon= 45.45 million

Cingular= 50.37 million

Nextel/sprint= 44.71 million
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Sub growth for 1st and second quarter

Cingular=
1st quarter= 1.4 million
2nd quarter= 1.07 million

Nextel/sprint=
1st quarter= 2.1 million
2nd quarter= 1.45 mill (1.25 million including affiliates numbers)

Verizon=
1st quarter= 1.64 million
2nd quarter= 1.9 million


Looks pretty good for the top 3 carriers in the United States with total subscribers and sub growth for the 1st and second quarter and I will continue to look for this growth in the future. As you can see verizon did a lot better in the first and second quarter then cingular, while sprint/Nextel did better in the 1st and 2nd...
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when is motorola going to make a dul phone CDMA and IDEN so nextel and sprint people can use the ppt....when is there new plans comming out for the sprint/nextel meger?

I would like to know what an affiliate is. There is an authorized Nextel store in my city that sells only Nextel now but this is not a Nextel retail store. Is this an affiliate?

Several carriers are launching PTT solutions. Does anyone know if PTT will ever work between different carriers the way text messaging does? Thanks.

http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=23642 »

The Federal Communications Commission approved Sprint Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc., which will bolster Sprint's position as the industry's third-largest operator with more than 40 million subscribers. According to Sprint, the FCC approval completes all required regulatory approvals for the acquisition, and the carriers expect to close the deal shortly.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/050803/telecoms_nextel_antit ... »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved Sprint (NYSE:FON - News)'s plan to buy Nextel Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:NXTL - News), that would create a company with about 44 million U.S. cell phone customers.
The Justice Department said it would not oppose the deal, valued at $36 billion, after concluding that it raised no competition problems.


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so it is final.

http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsmb/050803/cc419774ff374271a5 ... »


snipits: "The FCC commission voted 4-0 in favor of the deal, as expected. The companies will not be required to divest any operations. The companies could complete the transaction before the end of the month."

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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050803/sprint_nextel.html?.v=2 »

"With the FCC's unanimous action, the merger awaits approval from the Justice Department."

"The FCC said the deal "will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity, and that the likely public interest benefits of the merger outweigh any potential public interest harms.""

"The new company would have more than 40 million wireless customers and $40 billion in annual revenue....
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this looks to be the best nextel phone ever to come out

Can I buy a sprint phone and using it the Nextel Network?

i've heard through other forums that these two phones are coming out 8-1, does anybody know for sure?

If anyone cares to know.
I760 2yr price $149.99 after $50 rebate
I560 2yr price $149.99

Ok got word from a friend who just stepped out of a meeting at moto, release date is set for 11/1 and another phone is coming out 8/1 so I hope this is true. Im not 100% sure this is correct so do not quote me on it.

I have a question. I have the i58sr and would like to start using the i355. Will the sim card work in that phone? Also the nextel store I went to said that not all the features would work because I would be going to a 3 number(355) fron a 2 number(5😎. Is this true? Someone tell me everything I need to know.

PS-- I am trying to avoid buying from nextel

Thanks

I've been with 'Nextel' for over two years now. I never knew until now that there were two 'Nextel' companies. And I happen to be with the one thats not the 'real' Nextel.

That sucks.

Call me an idiot for signing up and not reading all of the fine print or something. Sure. But it seems to me that if you were going to operate under the same name, you should have to operate somewhat like a franchise. Keeping the same rates, plans, fees and whatnot.

I discovered all of this trying to figure out why I was getting conflicting data on whether or not I would be charged a fee to port my numbers out from Nextel. I've learned that I'm with Nextel Partners and not Nextel Communications and I will have to pay them an extra fifty bucks to ...
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