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Sprint's Adib talks about Softbank's pending support, Tizen's appeal and Sprint Zone's success

On the eve of Sprint Nextel's Open Solutions Conference in San Jose, Calif., this week, Sprint's Fared Adib talked about how the conference has evolved and is no longer solely for developers.  On the Hot Seat

Sprint's femtocell tally tops 1M

Sprint Nextel said the number of femtocells deployed in its network now tops 1 million, an increase of 50,000 since late July when the company disclosed in an FCC filing that it had deployed 950,000.

Sprint's Adib talks about Softbank's pending support, Tizen's appeal and Sprint Zone's success

On the eve of Sprint's Open Solutions Conference in San Jose, Calif., Fared Adib talked with  FierceMobileContent' s Editor-in-Chief Sue Marek about how the conference has evolved and is no longer solely for developers. Adib also opened up about Softbank's anticipated $20.1 billion investment in Sprint, the operator's mobile advertising strategy and why the company decided to support fledgling Tizen, the open source operating system based on Linux.

Sprint Zone attracts 13M customers every month

Sprint Nextel revealed that its Sprint Zone account management application attracts 13 million customers every month, which is nearly 25 percent of the company's subscriber base. Sprint Zone, which debuted in 2011, offers a place where consumers can learn about Sprint's offers, check their data usage and monitor their account.

Sprint planning Direct Connect Android app, promises PTT 'renaissance'

NEW ORLEANS--Sprint Nextel's ( NYSE:S ) Fared Adib said the carrier will soon release an Android app that will bring its Direct Connect push-to-talk service to all of Sprint's Android phones, instead

Can Sprint catch up on LTE?

Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) claimed a first-mover advantage in 4G by leveraging Clearwire's ( NASDAQ:CLWR ) mobile WiMAX network. However, when Clearwire's network buildout stalled at 130 million POPs and

Sprint: We won't have any problem marketing LTE

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) executives are confident the carrier will be able to market its forthcoming LTE network as a national service on par with the LTE offerings from Verizon

Sprint's Adib dishes on the demise of preloaded apps, the growth of HTML5 and more

Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) has always been known for being fairly progressive in the mobile content space. The operator along with MobiTV even won an Emmy Engineering Award in 2005 for its Sprint TV

Sprint's Adib on the demise of preloaded apps, the growth of HTML5 and more

On the Hot Seat with Sprint Nextel's Fared Adib Fared Abid Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) has always been known for being fairly progressive in the mobile content space. The operator ...

Sprint's Adib: Preloading apps isn't the answer

BARCELONA, Spain--Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) is no longer preloading applications onto its devices. During an interview with FierceMobileContent, Fared Adib, vice president of product at Sprint, said