Illinois Supreme Court Refuses Sprint’s Petition to Appeal in iPCS Case

iPCS, an affiliate of Sprint Nextel with right to sell wireless mobility communications network products and services under the Sprint brand in the US, has announced that the Supreme Court of Illinois has refused to hear Sprint Nextel’s appeal of a ruling by the Appellate Court of Illinois issued in March of 2008.

The appellate court ruling upheld the 2006 ruling of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, that required Sprint to cease owning, operating, and managing the Nextel wireless network in iPCS Wireless’s territory.

According to iPCS, it has been advised by Sprint’s attorneys that Sprint has filed a petition with the Circuit Court of Cook County of Illinois for relief from that court’s original 2006 judgment.

Timothy Yager, president and CEO of iPCS, said: “We continue to be in similar litigation with Sprint related to its proposed joint venture with Clearwire Corporation and we intend to take all necessary steps to defend our exclusivity rights under the management agreements. We believe that after all of the evidence is considered in the Clearwire litigation, Sprint will once again be required to comply with the terms of the deal that Sprint agreed to when it entered into the management agreements.”