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2 unusual facts about Sprint Corporation


Direct connect

Sprint Direct Connect, a brand name used by Sprint Corporation for its digital push-to-talk service, similar to a walkie-talkie

United Telecommunications

Sprint Corporation, a mobile telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas


Cellular frequencies

The SMR 800 MHz band was used exclusively for iDEN technology, however, Sprint Corporation is deploying CDMA and LTE technology on this band.

Clearwire

A large percentage of Clearwire shares were previously owned by a number of large companies including Sprint Nextel Corporation (now Sprint Corporation), Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., Bright House Networks, LLC, Google Inc. and Intel Corporation.

HTC Desire 601

The Desire 601 was first revealed by evleaks in July 2013 under the codename "Zara", describing it as a "mashup" between the HTC One and recent Desire-branded devices, and indicating that it might be released on Sprint in the United States.

Kyocera Communications

KCI remains one of North America's larger handset manufacturers, providing products to multiple wireless carriers including Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, Public Mobile, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile US, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless, and Virgin Mobile USA.


see also

Mobile phone industry in the United States

:Previously a MVNO now complete subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA provides prepaid wireless service using Sprint's CDMA, WiMAX, and 4G LTE networks.

:subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, Boost Mobile provides prepaid wireless service using Sprint's CDMA, WiMAX, and 4G LTE networks.