Sprint’s dream to attract customers from rivals with the help of its new 4G network is going through a bad time as the rivals too are all set to launch their own 4G networks. “We thought we would have more of a head start than we'll end up having”, Chief Executive, Dan Hesse said.

The nation’s third-largest in terms of subscribers, Sprint has reportedly sold 300,000 of its Evo 4G phones. Though it has been facing some problems as the Taiwanese Company, making Evo for sprint hasn’t been able to deliver but that doesn’t seem to obstruct the rate of success for sprint.

The Evo is said to be Sprint’s technique of attracting the customers with 4G networks. And it too does the same with data cards in computers. As a gesture to highlight the significance of network, Sprint has linked its executive payment to the success of the company with the introduction of 4G.

As a matter of its policy, Sprint refuses to disclose its 4G subscriber numbers. Sprint owns a 56% stake in Clearwire Corp, and this corporation is said to have about 157,000 customers on the network. On a whole, Sprint has 48.1 million wireless customers.

A joint undertaking of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC, the HTC has also faced shortages followed by its launch in April. The reason behind such shortages is the failure of suppliers to manufacture and deliver enough parts, HTC said. The shortfall, in particular was of the Samsung Electronics Co. touch screens that the HTC phones generally use.

To come out of it and to be careful for the future, HTC has signed deals with other suppliers for example, HTC’s new venture with the Sony Corp. for screens.