Sprint Nextel, affiliates claim CDMA retail victories; Court rules Sprint can sell iDEN in markets, Sprint agrees not to `entice' affiliate CDMA customers.(News)

RCR Wireless News, August, 2006

Byline: KELLY HILL

In a decision worthy of professional boxing, Sprint Nextel Corp. and its affiliates Horizon Personal Communications Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services L.L.C. claimed victory in a lawsuit that pitted the companies against one another following Sprint Corp.'s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. last year.

Horizon and Bright are both subsidiaries of iPCS Inc. Sprint Nextel CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. had been involved in the lawsuit as well, until it was acquired by the national carrier in July 2005.

The Delaware Chancery Court decision allows Sprint Nextel to continue to own and operate its iDEN network in the affiliates' territories; the affiliates initially challenged Sprint Nextel's rights to...