SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A central South Dakota telephone company wants to settle its legal dispute with a national wireless carrier. Sprint Nextel Corp. earlier sued Native American Telecom LLC, saying the tribal business serving the Crow Creek Reservation was operating a scheme to obtain more money from the communications giant. Native American Telecom disputes the claim. Scott Swier, a lawyer representing the business, says it’s offering to charge 1 cent per minute for calls instead of a 5-cent rate common for a rural area. John Taylor, a Sprint spokesman in Reston, Va., told The Argus Leader that the company doesn’t comment on litigation.
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