Boost Mobile Confirms CDMA Phase Out

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Sprint Switches More States To Boost Unlimited
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Sprint today announced its Unlimited by Boost calling plans are available in 10 more states. Residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee ...   read

Boost Mobile Offers Price Drop for CDMA Customers
Jul 14, 2009, 8:16 AM
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Sprint Opens Developer Program to iDEN Devices
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Today Sprint announced the expansion of its Developer Sandbox to include iDEN capabilities. With iDEN support, developers can create and test applications for Sprint's Nextel and Boost brands. This ...   read

Two New iDEN Candybars Revealed
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Sprint Users Can Soon Find Friends
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Motorola, Nextel Clarify Future of iDEN
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Motorola today announced an agreement with Nextel to extend its iDEN supply agreements through the end of 2007. The deal includes continued expansion and upgrades of base station and ...   read

Boost Opens Its First Retail Stores
May 19, 2008, 10:49 AM
Boost Mobile has opened its first three branded retail stores. They are located in Huntington Park, Calif., Hialeah, Fla. and in Houston, Tex. The stores were made partially from ...   read

Boost Slashes Pricing
Oct 14, 2008, 2:55 PM
Sprint Nextel's Boost pre-paid service has cut the cost of calling plans in order to entice new customers to sign up. Call costs have been halved from 20 cents ...   read

Sprint Gives Up On QChat
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Sprint's CDMA Subscribers Can Now Get Business Premier Accounts
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In what represents another step toward unifying its iDEN and CDMA services, Sprint Nextel recently made its Business Premier loyalty program available to CDMA subscribers. It had previously only ...   read

Boost and Sprint Introduce the Motorola i9 Stature
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Sprint Revamps Streaming Music and TV
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Sprint has begun telling subscribers it will replace the Sirius Hits streaming music service with 10 genre-based channels. However the carrier will boost up its free Sprint TV offerings ...   read

Boost Launches Unlimited Pay-As-You-Go Plan
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Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint, has announced its own version of an unlimited plan. For $1 per day, Boost Mobile subscribers will have unlimited nights and weekends, unlimited ...   read

Boost Mobile Now in 2,400 More RadioShack Stores
Feb 11, 2009, 10:20 AM
Boost Mobile announced a major expansion of its retail footprint today. It has increased its presence at RadioShack stores by 2,400, making for a total of 4,200 RadioShack stores ...   read

Boost to Grow Retail Presence Dramatically to Gain Visibility
May 7, 2009, 11:15 AM
Speaking in an interview, Boost chief Matt Carter said the company plans to add 50 more exclusive retail locations across the U.S. in order gain visibility with consumers. The ...   read