First the Nextel Cup...Then the Sprint Cup...Now--

[spalind]

It will be "The Clearwire Cup Series"...Yup...Sprint-Nextel is now "Clearwire"...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/...SKJhzR9SEDW7oF

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[Chris Tobin]

It will be "The Clearwire Cup Series"...Yup...Sprint-Nextel is now "Clearwire"...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/...SKJhzR9SEDW7oF

Does it apply to the cellular too or is it just the "broadband venture"???? The article didn't seen clear to me on that point. It seems like it is just the new venture...

[spalind]

Does it apply to the cellular too or is it just the "broadband venture"???? The article didn't seen clear to me on that point. It seems like it is just the new venture...

I think you are right...I reread it and it sounds like they are spinning off their "broadband project" into this new company and that Sprint-Nextel will remain...my bad...

[NIKAL]

Well here's another wrench in the system!

Analysts say T-Mobile may acquire Sprint; T-Mobile Series? UPDATE: Sprint Nextel may be a takeover target, according to one of the nation’s largest investment banking firms. Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile and the world’s sixth largest phone company, may consider acquiring Overland Park-based Sprint to block a price war in the mobile phone industry, analysts for Merrill Lynch said today. The Wall Street firm said Sprint’s operational problems and shaky position in the U.S. wireless industry may force the company to cut prices even further to attract customers. T-Mobile generally is considered to be the low-cost alternative among the top five U.S. mobile phone companies. Last week, Sprint introduced an unlimited voice and data wireless plan that undercut other U.S. companies. Lynch, which advises its clients to sell Sprint shares, said it is not aware of any acquisition discussions. (3-7-2008)

UPDATE: Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to a media report Monday. Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom did not immediately comment on the report in The Wall Street Journal. Were it to make such a deal, it would catapult its T-Mobile wireless unit to the top spot in the U.S. market. n its report, The Wall Street Journal said deliberations were at "a preliminary stage and management may very well turn away," according to the people it quoted. Any bid, the paper's sources said, "could still be weeks, or even months away." (5-4-2008)

[Chris Tobin]

I believe they can't change the series name again within the contract. I am sure NASCAR will renegotiate with the new owner when/if Sprint does sell or get taken over. But, they made a big deal about the contract having the rights to change the name once during the time and that has happened already when it went from Nextel Cup to Sprint Cup...

[Mumzy]

If T-Mobile buys sprint it may be called the.....

"T-Cup"

[NIKAL]

If T-Mobile buys sprint it may be called the.....

"T-Cup"

So then I guess any team outside the top 35 would be called a T-Bagger?

[michael_loomis]

nice.. lol

Strange thing about that is the T-mobile bought there air usage from Cingular. I would assume they now get it from AT&T.

[alan4s]

So then I guess any team outside the top 35 would be called a T-Bagger?

And the driver who causes "the Big One" is the T-Totaler?

[Chris Tobin]

nice.. lol

Strange thing about that is the T-mobile bought there air usage from Cingular. I would assume they now get it from AT&T.

WOW, I forgot about that, maybe that is how AT&T plans to stay on the #31 after the end of this season... Stranger things have happened...