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Sprint improves its music store

by Patrick Altoft on March 27, 2007

To coincide with the launch of the Samsung UpStage Sprint is today announcing some improvements to its music services.

From next week the Sprint Music Store will be offering all its 1.5 million tracks for just 99 cents each. The new per-song rate is available to Sprint customers with any Sprint Power Vision data plan.

New Music-Inclusive Data Plans

Sprint will soon begin offering two Power Vision data plans that focus particularly on music. The new Power Vision Access Pack will be available for $15 and will provide:

10 commercial-free radio channels from Sprint Radio, powered by mSpot,
exclusive video programming from Sprint Power View, including a weekly top-song countdown, breaking music news, tour information and artist interviews and performances and
songs at $ 0.99 each from the Sprint Music Store.

In addition to what the Power Vision Access Pack provides, the Power Vision Music Pack will cost an extra $5 (for a total of $20) and will offer:

another 40 channels of commercial-free radio channels from Sprint Radio (for a total of 50),
a channel from Sprint TV that features music videos, powered by MobiTV, including hip-hop, rock and alternative as well as flashbacks from the 80s and 90s and
songs at $ 0.99 each from the Sprint Music Store.

Both data plans will be available to Sprint customers in early April and will include unlimited data usage. The plans will also include unlimited use of several other non-music applications such as web browsing, Picture Mail and mobile email (casual usage charges would apply for access to these applications without a data plan).

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Sprint launch trials of unlimited voice and data plans

by Patrick Altoft on February 27, 2007

Sprint US cell phone network Sprint Nextel Corp has announced a new unlimited voice and data tariff available to users in the San Francisco area.

The Unlimited Access Pack tariffs come in a $120 and $150 versions. The lower cost plan includes unlimited voice calls, messages and mobile internet access while the $150 plan also includes unlimited internet access on your home PC as well.

Industry analyst William Ho commented that the plans:

Have the effect of a grenade blast, damaging not only wireless competitors but also landline carriers (both traditional wireline and cable) with an attractive wireline substitution story (both voice and data……. although Sprint is the first national carrier to offer unlimited voice, messaging and Web access, it’s still a trial with limited availability.

Via RCR Wireless news

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Nokia and Sprint Nextel to build fast wireless network

by Patrick Altoft on January 2, 2007

Sprint Nextel is expected to announce a partnership with Nokia over the next few days as they finalise plans for a multi billion dollar wireless network.

Motorola and Samsung are already signed up to the deal which Sprint hope will attract 100 million users by 2008. The network is being designed to increase bandwidth on the Sprint network and reduce the cost of providing data services.

In return for helping with the network Sprint will be selling Nokia handsets that are designed for use on the high speed network.

Via CNET

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