Sprint Affiliate Sues to Block Clearwire Deal

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posted May 12, 2008, 11:09 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

iPCS, a Sprint affiliate, has filed a suit against Sprint in hopes to prevent the company from pairing itself with Clearwire and offering mobile Wimax. iPCS, which has 640,000 subscribers spread across seven states, says that the Wimax service would compete with its own services, and thereby violates an exclusivity agreement it has had on record with Sprint since 1999. Sprint believes the Clearwire deal will not interfere with its affiliates, and has asked a judge to rule so.

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