"However, the Carrier IQ software tool does not collect any information unless it is 'tasked' to do so by Sprint," the company said in the letter." At any one time, only 1.3 million devices may be ...

Sprint was the first to say it would get rid of Carrier IQ; AT&T and T-Mobile, which also use the software, have not publicly said what they will do. Verizon Wireless does not use the software.

After updating the Evo 3D to remove Carrier IQ software, Sprint has begun pushing out updates for a few more Android phones to strip the customer tracking software. The HTC Evo 4G, Samsung Epic 4G ...

Sprint has begun offering to outsource e-mail and calendar functions using Sun Microsystems' servers and its iPlanet software, the companies said Thursday. The services will be offered at Sprint's ...

Sprint and Handspring continue to work together on other projects. This past August, Sprint started selling the Treo 300, a version of Handspring's Treo cell phone-handheld combination device that ...

AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. defended the use of Carrier IQ software in a usage tracking application on mobile phones including Apple Inc. iPhones and HTC Corp. devices that has raised ...

AT&T and Sprint, two of the largest U.S. wireless carriers, confirmed that its mobile handsets use the software but only for legitimate service and quality-related purposes.