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An appellate court in Illinois has upheld a lower court decision forcing
troubled wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel Corp., to stop selling Nextelbranded
products in parts of the Midwest.
The case was brought by iPCS Inc., a Sprintbranded affiliate which objected to
the company’s 2005 merger with Nextel Communications, claiming that it violated
iPCS’s exclusivity agreement with Sprint. Cook County Cirguit Judge, Thomas
Quinn, ruled in 2006 that Sprint must divest its Nextel assets in parts of
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Nebraska within a period of 180 days.
The order was put on hold pending a legal challenge from Sprint, but has now
been reinstated and the appeal dismissed.
“We are pleased that the appellate court affirmed the decision of the trial
court,” said iPCS CEO, Timothy Yager, in a statement. “This is a significant
victory for iPCS and we look forward to Sprint’s compliance with the circuit
court’s 2006 order.”
iPCS serves 629,900 wireless subscribers in the markets covered by this ruling.
Its stock surged more than 35% after the ruling was handed down on Monday, and a
further 6.3% yesterday.
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Source: http://www.teleclick.ca/2008/04/appellatecourtorderssprinttodivestnextelholdingsinpartsofmidwest/
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