Samsung inked another deal with Sprint for a WiMAX rollout.
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Alltel |
SpinVox |
Alltel will offer SpinVox's voice-to-text service. |
SpinVox also reportedly has a deal with a bigger carrier in the U.S., which it will announce later this year. |
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Sprint |
Samsung |
Samsung has inked a deal with Sprint to lead the carrier's WiMAX network launch in NY. |
Samsung is also set to lead the build-out of the WiMAX networks in Washington, DC; Baltimore; Philadelphia; Providence and Boston. |
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Nokia |
Microsoft |
Nokia announced plans to begin preloading Microsoft's applications onto its handsets in 11 countries. |
While Nokia's phones have been able to download Microsoft applications previously, this initiative will allow the applications to sync up with the handsets' features more seamlessly. |