3G means third generation. Which in reality, neither Nextel, Sprint or anyone else in america uses. We're still at 2G and 2.5G (which some companies like to market as 3G, although it doesn't have the same features that 3G phones have).
Also, just cause technologies came from the same generation, it doesn't mean they are compatible. Every 3G standard I can think of is incompatible with others. Nextel's iDen and Sprints CDMA are vastly different networks, and it is going to cost quite a lot to merge the two.
I don't think the two operating networks will merge, I think its more likely that the compaines will stay as separate entites wirelessly, but be one entity in a corporate setting.
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