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• Freewebs Extends Executive Team, Adds Robert Ewald as Vice President of Marketing and Operations; World's Second-Largest Web Host Welcomes Former Nextel Executive to Build Marketing and Member Retention Programs

  - 2006-06-19

  SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Freewebs.com, the Internet's leading free do-it-yourself Web site host, today announced that Robert Ewald has joined the company as its first vice president of marketing and operations.

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• Swap of airwaves encounters snags

  - 2006-01-16

  A long-awaited swap of airwaves aimed at eliminating cellphone interference with emergency-service radios across the USA is in turmoil, prolonging communications problems and risking public safety, law enforcement officials say. Public-safety officials and consultants largely blame cost disputes with Sprint Nextel, which is bankrolling the $2.8 billion project. They...

  Tags: airwave, FCC, Government, MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., radio, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Winners of Marketing Excellence Awards Revealed at ITSMA's 2005 Conference; Accenture, BT, IBM, IKON, Lucent, and Sprint-Nextel among those honored by ITSMA

  - 2005-11-09

  LEXINGTON, Mass. -- ITSMA, a membership-based organization that specializes in helping companies market and sell technology services and solutions, announced the winners of the eighth annual Marketing Excellence Awards at a special awards dinner last night during its annual marketing conference. This year's winners include: Accenture, AT&T, BEA, BearingPoint, BT,...

  Tags: Accenture Ltd., Alcatel-Lucent, British Telecommunications, marketing, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, IBM Corp.

• AirLink and Nextel Form Strategic Joint Marketing and Technology Partnership; Companies Will Jointly Distribute and Market Rugged Wireless Modems, Delivering Remote Monitoring and Pervasive Connectivity to Fixed and Mobile Assets

  - 2005-06-06

  HAYWARD, Calif. & RESTON, Va. -- AirLink Communications Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of fixed and mobile wireless data solutions, and Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:NXTL) today announced the availability of AirLink Raven and PinPoint modems on Nextel's nationwide digital wireless network. The AirLink Raven and PinPoint modems are the...

  Tags: marketing, mobile, modem, monitoring, Nextel Communications Inc., partnership, wireless, wireless modem

• Nextel and FCC agree plan to end mobile phone interference

  - 2005-02-08

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 February 2005-Nextel and FCC agree plan to end mobile phone interferenceC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Mobile phone operator, Nextel Communications, has agreed a deal with the US Federal Communications Commission FCC to end the interference that some Nextel mobile phones cause to public safety communications systems. The...

  Tags: FCC, Government, MARKETING, mobile, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, spectrum

• Nextel OKs FCC deal on wireless spectrum

  - 2005-02-08

  Nextel Communications agreed Monday to a deal in which it will begin using new wireless spectrum so its cellphones will stop interfering with public-safety radios across the USA. Under an agreement with regulators, Nextel will give up its old airwaves and, in the next three years, shift to more...

  Tags: airwave, FCC, Government, MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., radio, spectrum, wireless

• Charter promo on track: MSO revs up with sponsorship of NASCAR team.(Marketing & Advertising)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-01-17

  Charter Communications Inc. extended its contract with Roush Racing to sponsor cars running in NASCAR's upcoming Busch Series and Nextel Cup races. The MSO, the only cable operator to sponsor a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing t ...

  Tags: Charter Communications Inc., marketing, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., team

• Solving 800 MHz radio interference: a win for all.(fire technology)

  - 2005-01-01

  Over the past year, I have been a staunch advocate--along with many other public safety organizations and representatives--of a plan to eliminate a serious radio interference problem that has plagued public safety in the 800 MHz frequency band for more than five years. [ILLUSTRATION...

  Tags: FCC, Government, MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., radio

• Deutsche Telekom chief rules out acquisitions in US

  - 2004-12-28

  FRANKFURT AFP — Deutsche Telekom has no intention of making acquisitions or stepping up investments for its mobile phone business in the United States, in spite of the planned merger of rivals Sprint and Nextel, the head of German telecommunications giant said. The US market, with 280 million people...

  Tags: acquisition, Deutsche Telekom AG, FINANCE, Financial Times, Investment, MARKETING, mobile, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications

• Nextel Awarded First Option Year Renewal of General Services Administration Contract; Original Contract Signed in 2002 Includes Three Opportunities for Renewal

  - 2004-12-06

  RESTON, Va. -- Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) today announced the First Option Year renewal of the General Services Administration GSA Contract that includes selling the full range of Nextel products and services to all federal agencies, as well as state and local agencies with federal funding. The original contract was...

  Tags: MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., U.S. General Services Administration