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Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$40.1B
Profit
Dec 31 2007
($29.5B)
Market Cap
Sep 04 2008
$22.3B

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  • AT&T wants review of wireless-spectrum merger

    AT&T Inc. opposes a quick federal approval of the proposed wireless-spectrum merger between its competitors Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. that would create a national WiMAX network. Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Google Inc. and Intel Corp. are major investors in the WiMAX venture for superfast wireless Internet...

    Articles 2008-08-27

  • Alcatel-Lucent chosen by Shentel for network upgrade

    CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Shentel (Nasdaq:SHEN), a diversified telecomms holding company, and communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Monday (18 August) an agreement for equipment, services and software to upgrade Shenandoah Personal Communications Company's network in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland...

    Articles 2008-08-19

  • Alcatel-Lucent chosen by Shentel for network upgrade

    TELECOMWORLDWIRE-19 August 2008-Alcatel-Lucent chosen by Shentel for network upgradeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Shentel (Nasdaq:SHEN), a diversified telecomms holding company, and communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Monday (18 August) an agreement for equipment, services and software to upgrade Shenandoah Personal Communications...

    Articles 2008-08-19

  • Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on MER, BRCM, UAUA, S, and COH

    CHICAGO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at: http://www.go7now.com/nb/0818Y (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's Seven...

    Articles 2008-08-18

  • Sprint Prepared for Fay's Impact

    Sprint Nextel invested $59 million in Network Preparations in Coastal Communities Millions of Customers and First Responders Rely on Nextel Direct Connect MIAMI -- Sprint (NYSE:S) today said it is preparing for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Fay threatening to make landfall in the Florida...

    Articles 2008-08-18

  • Shentel Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Network for Wireless Broadband Services in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania

    Deployment Includes CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A Technology and IP Backhaul Solution PARIS, August 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Shentel and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced an agreement valued at more than USD 30 million for equipment, services and software to upgrade Shenandoah...

    Articles 2008-08-18

  • Sprint Nextel Corporation Announces Proposed Private Placement of $3 Billion of Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately three million shares of cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock through an offering within the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities...

    Articles 2008-08-06

  • Sprint Nextel Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

    * Stable post-paid ARPU, driven by the success of Simply EverythingTM with high value customers, and lower operating expense drive $87 million sequential improvement to Consolidated Adjusted OIBDA* of $2.1 billion * Post-paid churn improves more than 45 basis points from 1Q '08, to below 2.0% ...

    Articles 2008-08-06

  • Sprint Nextel reports loss, stock slides

    Telecom Sprint Nextel reports 2Q loss, stock slides: Sprint Nextel Corp.'s up-and-down road to recovery continued Wednesday as the company reported adjusted second-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations as well as a slower loss of subscribers. But the nation's third-largest wireless carrier also said it expected...

    Articles 2008-08-06

  • Fast(er), Cheap(er) and In Control

    In 2008, that sounds almost quaint. Complete CIO 100 Coverage 100 Innovative Projects How Goodwin Procter Uses SharePoint Vanguard's Multimedia Tools Marriott's Underground Disaster Recovery Facility Virtualization...

    Articles 2008-08-01

  • Sprint Nextel Direct Connect®: A Reliable Tool for Earthquakes and Other Emergencies

    Nextel Direct Connect Remained Fully Operational Tuesday and Experienced No Call Blocking LOS ANGELES -- As residents in southern California reflect on Tuesday's magnitude 5.8 magnitude earthquake, Sprint (NYSE:S) reports full reliability of its Nextel Direct Connect service throughout the day. There was an approximate 60%...

    Articles 2008-07-31

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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

http://www.sprint.com

913 624-3000

NAICS Code

Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110
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