ClickZ reports Sprint has joined forces with Microsoft to display pay-per-call ads and search on its phones.

Strategic alliances seem to be all the rage these days. Yahoo and Vodafone (a telecommunications company that owns a big chunk of Verizon) formed one earlier this week, and now Microsoft has reached a similar agreement with Sprint. The companies plan to “drive new services” together, the first of which will be Windows Live search for mobile phones.

When Sprint sent an LG Fusic phone to a blogger in hopes he would write about it and Sprint’s new Power Vision Network, they may have understood the slight possibility he would write a negative review. But they probably didn’t expect 3,100 words (seven pages) about how much he hated both.

A lesson to corporate types: it’s good to catalyze conversations by sending out free stuff, but only if you’re pretty sure you’re already best of breed.

Sprint Nextel announced a partnership with Intel, Motorola, and Samsung to develop and deploy the first fourth generation (4G) nationwide broadband mobile network, based on the mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) IEEE 802.16e-2005 technology standard.

According to Reuters, Sprint has joined forces with InfoSpace to offer a $2.99 a month service that combines positioning awareness technology with local search.

A contact from Sprint tipped us off about this one…

A partnership with Global Care Quest lets Sprint deliver real-time medical information securely to intensive-care physicians via their mobile device.

OK, a lot of the marketing buzz these days is about the Web, but Sprint is out to prove that you can still execute a really cool person-to-person marketing campaign in the physical world too.

Like Jeff Jarvis Sprint has offered me a Samsung SPH-A900 MP3 wireless phone plus six months of free service in return for my feedback.

The new mobile handset will be offered under the Nextel brand and offers a barrage of mobile features like email, GPS, and telephone applications.

The newly merged Sprint Nextel has filed suit against Vonage, accusing it of infringing on seven patents.

Windows Mobile 5.0 debuts in the United States on a UT Starcom phone distributed by Sprint.

RealNetworks’ Rhapsody music service will be offered to Sprint’s Vision customers as a monthly add-on feature.

The wireless carrier has disclosed an agreement that makes it the official telecom sponsor for the National Football League.

“You can’t promise a great deal in the headline and hide the true costs in the fine print,” said DCA Acting Commissioner Jonathan Mintz in a statement.

The wireless service providers will compete with Jamdat and sell games from Electronic Arts to their users.

Shareholders of both Nextel and Sprint have voted to approve the merge or equals between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications, which was announced back in December.

Sprint announced today that it plans to acquire US Unwired for approximately $1.3 billion in an agreement that has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors.

Sprint is acquiring US Unwired for nearly $1.3 billion. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors for both companies.

The boards of directors of Sprint and US Unwired have approved an agreement in which Sprint will acquire US Unwired for about $1.3 billion.