When is sprints ctia announcement

He wouldn't discuss the cost of the Sprint service but said he expects his firm to see a return on its investment in eight months or less. Basic service includes deployment of handhelds and replacement for lost or stolen devices, while higher levels of service add the ability to call up bills showing airtime to help manage usage, in addition to configuration and security management, he said. Sprint today also announced wireless data Service Level Agreements for customers, as well as Sprint Extended Workplace , a software client for laptops to simplify wireless and wired communications.

Analysts described the Sprint moves as important to an evolving corporate mobile and wireless business. Workplace adoption of such technologies is on the upswing, said Phillip Redman, an analyst at Gartner Inc. The biggest issue corporations face is finding ways to keep costs down, he said. Andrew Seybold, an analyst at Outlook 4Mobility Inc. Seybold said a significant focus of the conference will be on mobile virtual network operators MVNO , which are companies that set up cellular services while using the network infrastructures of other providers.

MVNOs are currently being created for specific consumer groups, but analysts said it won't be long before an MVNO comes forward to serve large business customers. What's causing the early buzz at the show is the firm's new Samsung Electronics Co. Korea: SEC Instinct touch-screen phone.

See Spring Into Rev A. The Instinct is slated to be available in June. As expected, Sprint is also one of the carriers to get on the Microsoft Corp. While WiMax is also high on the agenda in Sin City, the news that many in the market were anticipating -- a partnership between Clearwire, Sprint, and cable backers -- hasn't materialized and remains merely a rumor at present.

The CTIA show provides a nice focal point for Xohm, which is expected to switch on commercial services in several cities this month. Note, however, that Sprint-Clearwire rumors have been kicking around almost since the firms dissolved their initial union last year, and the company's new CEO, Dan Hesse, didn't mention a joint venture in his keynote Tuesday morning.

Sounds like WiMAX news to me. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Scott Webster. March 15, p.