Nextel networks throughout Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Nebraska will eventually be sold by the company to any interested buyers. The sale came about as the result of a lawsuit from iPCS Inc., a Sprint affiliate, which claims that Sprint violated an exclusivity contract when it purchased Nextel in 2005.

Sprint’s partnership with Clearwire Corp. has also caused a lot of debate between Sprint and iPCS. The latter argues that Sprint’s decision to try and develop a high-speed wireless Internet service with Clearwire also violates the exclusivity agreement, but it had already worked out a deal with Clearwire when Sprint decided to merge with the company.

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