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Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is in the Technology Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $40.1B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- ($29.5B)
- Market Cap
- Aug 27 2008
- $24.9B
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Sprint Integrates Content and Location Services Into Its WiMax Network; Content Partners
Sprint (NYSE: S) has integrated a slew of content and location-based services into its upcoming XOHM WiMax wireless broadband network. In the release, the company stressed the importance of developers and customers being able to tap into this information, which sounds more open than most relationships with wireless carriers...
Sprint Integrates Location-Based Services Into Its WiMax Network; Announces Content Partners
Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today that it has integrated location-based services into its XOHM WiMax wireless broadband network. The company also announced a slew of content relationships that will provide location-based services to customers when the network launches. In the release, the company stressed the importance of developers and...
Ad Industry Roundup: MySpace; Microsoft; Google
-- MySpace's new look is better for ads (sub. req.): This summer's MySpace homepage revamp is now more hospitable to brand advertisers, says Pali Research's Rich Greenfield. So far, Sprint (NYSE: S) and Wendy's have been spurred to take advantage of the cleaner look and feel of the page....
Inventor Sues Google, Verizon and Others on Voicemail
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc AAPL and AT&T Inc T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc GOOG, Verizon Communications Inc VZ and others. The inventor's company, Klausner Technologies Inc, also...
Inventor Sues Google, Verizon, Others on Voicemail
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc AAPL and AT&T Inc T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc GOOG, Verizon Communications Inc VZ and others. The inventor's company, Klausner Technologies...
SEC Watch: Clearwire Asks Shareholders To Approve Sprint Nextel Transaction
Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) filed a proxy statement with the SEC today, asking shareholders to vote for the merger between the Kirkland-based company and the WiMax division of its biggest competitor Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel. The vote will take place at a shareholders meeting, which has not yet been set,...
Verizon close to signing Google for mobile search - Rumour
Google is nearing a deal to become the default search provider on Verizon mobile phones, reports the Wall Street Journal WSJquoting "people familiar with the situation". In exchange, the online giant would reportedly receive a share of Verizon's search ad revenues. Under the deal, US mobile search specialist Medio...
Clearwire holders get shares in Sprint Nextel venture
Clearwire will issue its shareholders around USD1.6bn worth of shares in its WiMAX joint venture with Sprint Nextel in exchange for their existing Clearwire shares, reports Reuters. Sprint and Clearwire set up a multi-billion joint venture in May with the aim of developing the first US-wide WiMAX network. Clearwire...
15 Value Hedge Funds Portfolio Update
Mebane Faber submits: Are the top value hedge funds going to beat the market every quarter, or just outperform when the market is going up? Maybe we should ask Will Ferrell, errr, I mean Robert Goulet: by Mebane Faber
Sprint-Clearwire Deal Expected to Close in Q4
Ron Haruni submits: The wireless broadband Internet service provider Clearwire CLWR, according to Unstrung, expects the closing of the deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. S’s WiMax assets to be finalized by the end of the year. In a deal announced in early May, Sprint and ClearWire had plans of merging...
Garmin targets location-based social networking market
GPS maker Garmin is adding location-based social networking capabilities to its devices through a partnership with software firm ULocate, according to CNET. Garmin will add ULocate's Where.com software to some unspecified GPS devices. It was previously available only on mobile...
Sprint Launches NFL Mobile Live App; Live Radio Broadcasts
Sprint has made yet another bold deal on content, even while it continues to suffer through each quarter and faces bleak options surrounding its iDEN network. The carrier has re-upped on its years-long partnership with the NFL to launch a new NFL Mobile Live application that will give customers...
Will Sprint's Instinct Go Satellite with Sirius XM?
Tyler Savery submits: A lot has been discussed about the new iPhone application that allows subscribers to access their accounts and listen to Sirius XM Radio SIRI right over their iPhone. It is a great concept, but without a push from either Apple AAPL or Sirius XM, it will...
Google Android Phone To Debut As Early As October: Report
So much for the Android delays. T-Mobile will be the first operator to offer a mobile phone running on Google's Android, which may come out in the US as early as October, the NYT reports. Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC is making the phone, which is supposed to give...
Virgin Mobile USA 2nd-quarter Profit Halves
NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Virgin Mobile USA Inc VM said on Wednesday its second-quarter profit fell 50 percent and revenue declined on slower customer growth and weaker cell phone usage by existing users amid the anaemic U.S. economy. The company said its profit would decline...
Yahoo To Name Two New Board Members; One May Come From Mobile
*Yahoo* is expected to name its two new board members by the end of the week. What's interesting is that one may come from the wireless industry—John Chapple, the Chairman and CEO of Nextel Partners. My colleague Joe Weisenthal at paidcontent.org reports today that the new board seats are...
Yahoo Near Naming Biondi, Chapple to Board: Source
By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc YHOO is in the process of approving the appointments of former Viacom Inc VIAb CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board and is expected to name the appointees...
CBS Sports Mobile Launches Mobile App, New WAP Site Coming Soon
As Football season approaches, CBS Sports Mobile is trying to grab more of that low-hanging fruit – sports and anything related to sports – by launching a new mobile application on AT&T's deck, revamping its WAP site and refreshing its alert offerings. The $5 a month CBS (NYSE: CBS)...
Wireless Carriers: Sprint and T-Mobile
Sramana Mitra submits: On August 6, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) reported second quarter results that beat analyst estimates. The new CEO, Dan Hesse, has put in place a turnaround plan for improving customer experience, building the Sprint brand, and increasing profitability. The plan is already showing results: the...
WhatsTrading's Weekly Top 5 Options Ideas: Euro, Sprint, Freeport-McMoran, WaMu, GDX
Frederic Ruffy submits: The US options market saw another busy week of trading as stocks moved mostly higher. During the past five trading sessions, the S&P 500 Index added roughly 35 points or slightly less than 3 percent. Meanwhile, 31.3 million puts and 38.8 million calls traded across the...
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- Incorporated: 1938
- CEO: Mr. Daniel R. Hesse
Sprint Nextel is a global communications company providing a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had two reportable segments: Wireless and Wireline. Co., together with its PCS Affiliates, provides digital wireless services in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands under the Sprint® brand name utilizing wireless code division multiple access technology. In addition, Co. provides digital wireless services under the Nextel® and Boost Mobile® brand names using Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN®) technology. Co. is also a provider of long distance services and a carrier of Internet traffic in the nation.
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Sprint Nextel Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. James H. Hance Jr.
Chairman
Mr. William R. Nuti
Mr. Robert R. Bennett
Mr. Gordon M. Bethune
Mr. Larry C. Glasscock
Mr. Daniel R. Hesse
Mrs. V. Janet Hill
Mr. Irvine O. Hockaday Jr.
Mr. Rodney O'Neal
Mr. Ralph V. Whitworth
Contact Information
P.O. Box 7997
Shawnee Mission, KS
913 624-3000
NAICS Code
Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110
