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• Sprint CEO aims for winning strategy

  - 2008-02-11

  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel's new CEO, is preparing for war. His arsenal is packed with "nukes" -- Hesse-speak for anything that has the potential to disrupt the status quo in wireless. One possibility under consideration: flat-rate pricing for unlimited voice calls. ...

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• Nextel antes up $70 million to leverage Nascar alliance; Ads, phones part of strategy to relate to fans.(News)(Nextel Communications Inc.)(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing )

  - 2004-02-09

  Byline: RICH THOMASELLI Byline: RICH THOMASELLI

  Tags: advertisement, alliance, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, stock, strategy

• Telecom vendors suffer continued declines.(Business)

  - 2003-10-06

  Byline: SAM OMATSEYE With the onset of standardization and modular technologies, the market shares of the big infrastructure players have continued to see constant declines, according to an upcoming report from the Yankee Group. The picture looks...

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• Moto, Nextel growing apart; Tension builds as longtime partners' strategies collide.(News)

  - 2003-09-29

  Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON As Motorola Inc. parts ways with the founding Galvin family, another of the company's long-term relationships is showing signs of strain. Tensions are rising between the Schaumburg-based wireless telecommunications equipm Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON As...

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• Nextel unfazed by possible network migration strategy.(News)

  - 2003-03-17

  Byline: DAN MEYER Nextel Communication Inc. has always marched to a different drummer. From its focus on high-end business customers at the expense of the faster-growing consumer market to its use of Motorola Inc.'s proprietary iDEN network t ...

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• Nextel outlines new strategy to face competition.

  - 2002-06-04

  Brazil, Jun 4, 2002 Brazil, Jun 4, 2002

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• Nextel Partners Opens First Retail Stores; Accessibility, Commitment to Customer Satisfaction Drive Strategy

  - 2002-03-12

  Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers

  Tags: customer satisfaction, Nextel Communications Inc., strategy

• SMR 'sideshow' remains strong.

  - 2001-10-22

  The U.S. specialized mobile radio industry often has been thought of as cellular's sideshow since the two services were created in the 1970s. Cellular has attracted headlines with its staggering growth and revolutionary services, while SMR has trudged along quietly, providing a less-sexy, but still important,...

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• Nextel dials up interactive strategy; E-mail, Internet marketing efforts move to forefront as company sees benefits.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-10-15

  Interactive marketing has moved from the experimental stage to core strategy at Nextel Communications Inc. Interactive marketing has moved from the experimental stage to core strategy at Nextel Communications Inc.

  Tags: benefit, e-mail, Interactive Marketing, Internet, Internet marketing, Nextel Communications Inc., strategy

• Letters.

  - 2000-11-27

  SMR industry far from dead Dear Editor, RCR Wireless News recently ran the SMR Special Report in the Nov. 13 issue. Upon careful reading, it more properly should have been called the Nextel Special Report. I was surprised...

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