Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it has closed its deal with U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) to acquire 20MHz of PCS spectrum in various Midwest markets including Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign, Ill., and 10MHz of PCS spectrum in the St. Louis market. The additional spectrum will significantly increase Sprint's network capacity and further improve the customer experience in these markets. In addition, the deal includes about 420,000 U.S. Cellular customers.

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced the summer availability of its first 4G LTE BlackBerry(R) smartphone, BlackBerry(R) Q10. Combining BlackBerry's best physical keyboard and a touchscreen with the power of the BlackBerry(R) 10 platform, this dynamic smartphone will benefit from access to the Sprint 4G LTE network and the power to access Truly UnlimitedSM data, text and calling to any mobile with no metering, no throttling, and no overages, all while on the Sprint network. Also this summer, Sprint will begin offering enterprise and government customers BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1. This latest update to BlackBerry's multiplatform Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution provides device and application management for Bring Your Own Device programs and corporate-owned BlackBerry, iOS(R) and Android(TM) devices. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1 brings new Regulated-level Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) controls and settings for enterprise customers in government and other industries that require an advanced level of security, control and logging. The server software is free to download, and existing BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server 5 customers can trade up their client access licenses for free through 2013. Additional key features include: Wi-Fi(R), 3G/4G LTE mobile hotspot capability, Near Field Communication, Bluetooth, integrated speaker, three microphones with noise reduction. The re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform offers a powerful and unique new mobile computing experience.

Sprint Nextel Corp. has received a National Mobile Devices and Services contract award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The contract calls for the VA to use a wide range of Sprint smartphones, push-to-talk phones, feature phones, tablets, mobile hotspots and cards, M2M solutions, and associated services. The contract provides a streamlined and centralized vehicle for acquisition and management of all handsets and services, per federal government digital strategy requirements. The contract vehicle provides a single source for ordering, reporting, invoicing, and asset management supported by a group of vendors that includes small disadvantaged (SDB), woman-owned (WOSB), veteran owned (VOSB), and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB).