Sprint To Pay Clearwire $1 Billion In Fees

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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (AP)- Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp. more than $1 billion through 2012 for wireless wholesale services, settling a dispute that has cut into its revenue.

Sprint, which owns most of Clearwire, is also its largest customer.

Sprint has agreed to pay $300 million in 2011 and $550 million in 2012. It also agreed to pre-pay $175 million for its high-speed, 4G telecommunications services it plans to use this year and beyond. In addition, Sprint will pay Clearwire $28 million to settle a pricing dispute.

Clearwire had been locked in a dispute with Sprint over how much Sprint should pay for data service for phones that run on both 4G and the older 3G networks. The companies entered arbitration in November.

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