It's my understanding that Sprint sold the entire Nextel network (not just the freqs) to the Feds for use by Public Safety. Nextels bled into the PS 800mHz bands. As per the agreement, Nextel has to be completely shut down in 2010 although my facts might not be 100% accurate. I would be very surprised if anything new in regards to a BB comes out for Nextel, although I can't imagine it would be that hard for RIM to release a Nextel 8700i. After all, the 8700i is just the full keyboard cousin of the 7100i.
I've heard that recently Sprint/Nextel is rethinking the shutdown agreement with the government because of the success of their Boost phones, but I doubt they can get out of it as they've already received some compensation.
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