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Sprint Says Next iPhone Will Have An Unlimited Data Plan

Sprint Nextel said that the next iPhone will have an unlimited data plan to set themselves apart from other telecommunications company. This is if the next iPhone arrives with LTE. Sprint will have a no-strings unlimited plan said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse in an interview with CNET.
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Sprint CEO: “If AT&T Is Allowed To Swallow T-Mobile, Competition Will Be Stifled”

Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse recently did an interview about his thoughts in regards to AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile. Hesse said that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile would jeopardize innovation. AT&T announced that they were going to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion in late March. “If AT&T is allowed to swallow T-Mobile, competition will be stifled, growth will be stifled and wireless innovation will be jeopardized,” said Hesse in an interview with reporters in downtown San Francisco. [Reuters]
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse Announces “Sprint ID”

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse unveiled a new project at the CTIA Enterprise and Applications conference in San Francisco called “Sprint ID.” The Sprint ID service lets users create separate mobile profiles for applications, widgets, and ringtones.
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HTC EVO 4G Available For $199.99 On June 4th

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced today that the HTC EVO 4G will be available on June 4th for $199.99. However you will need to have the $69.99 Everything Data plan to use the phone. Full press release below:
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Sprint CEO Denies WSJ Claim That Palm Pre Will Be On Verizon By January

A source with The Wall Street Journal claims that Sprint should take advantage of having the Palm Pre on their network right now because Verizon Wireless may have the phone on their network by January. Apparently Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam claimed “over the next six months or so you will see devices like the Palm Pre” will be on Verizon’s network.
Sprint is believed to have the exclusive Pre deal until the end of 2009, but is pushing to have it extended. Sprint even broke sales records with the introduction of the Palm Pre. At the launch party of the Pre, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse claimed that the deal is longer than six months.
Both Verizon and AT&T have an interest in carrying Palm’s latest handset so it is definitely in Sprint’s interest to keep offering Palm a nice piece of the pie.