Sprint has put a date on the phase-out of its iDEN Nextel National Network: June 30, 2013. The company first said it would be shutting down the 2G network in 2010, and in the meantime has discontinued selling iDEN devices in certain channels.Over the next several months, it will cease selling iDEN devices in all channels, Sprint said. Now it is heading into the next phase of the shutdown with a definitive date and notices to business and government customers that the transition to Sprint Direct Connect — a service that runs on Sprint’s 3G CDMA network — is beginning.
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Sprint Closer to Tying Up Loose Nextel Ends
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 30, 2012 08:34 AMSprint has put a date on the phase-out of its iDEN Nextel National Network: June 30, 2013. The company first said it would be shutting down the 2G network in 2010, and in the meantime has discontinued selling iDEN devices in certain channels.Over the next several months, it will cease selling iDEN devices in all channels, Sprint said. Now it is heading into the next phase of the shutdown with a definitive date and notices to business and government customers that the transition to Sprint Direct Connect — a service that runs on Sprint’s 3G CDMA network — is beginning.