Sprint Looking to Rent Excess Network Capacity

News Item Related News Comments

posted Mar 24, 2009, 7:19 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Sprint is looking to bring in some extra money by renting out the use of its excess capacity to consumer electronics makers. Sprint is in active talks with companies such as Garmin, SanDisk and Eastman Kodak, and will allow for the wireless delivery of information to consumer electronics devices other than phones. Sprint would charge based on how much data is transmitted by the consumer electronics companies to the devices. Sprint already provides the wireless downloads for Amazon's Kindle device.

more info at Reuters »

6 comments on this news item ›

Related news:
Electronics Giants Join Forces for Linux   Jul 2, 2003
Sprint CEO Confirms CDMA/WiMax Handsets This Year   Feb 29, 2008
Sprint and Clearwire Merge WiMax Businesses   May 7, 2008
Sprint, Nextel Exploring Merger   Dec 9, 2004
TV Broadcasters Unite to Create Mobile Alliance   Apr 16, 2007

more related news ›