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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
- Jul 02 2008
- $24.2B
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Apple Imitations: Just Like the iPhone, Only Crappier
Zach Bass submits: Where have all the innovators gone? Is Apple AAPL the sole possessor of creative genius, the lone leader of usability and aesthetic, the single creator of new markets, the only company that knows what buyers want before they know themselves? It would appear so. Just look...
Sprint: What's Up?
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Like the headline says…what’s up with Sprint Nextel S? The telecom company’s shares are up today for the fourth session in a row; in that period the stock has gained $1.22, or 15.8%, to $8.93. (That includes a gain of 9 cents today.) The...
Virgin Mobile unveils USD39m deal for SK Telecom's Helio
Virgin Mobile USA has agreed to buy Helio, the US mobile carrier owned by South Korea's SK Telecom, for USD39m in shares. Following the deal, Helio and its 200,000 customers will be merged into Virgin Mobile, which has more than 5m users, and the new entity will operate under...
Virgin Mobile buys SK Telecom's Helio for USD39m
Virgin Mobile USA has agreed to buy Helio, the US mobile carrier owned by South Korea's SK Telecom, for USD39m in shares. Following the deal, Helio and its 200,000 customers will be merged into Virgin Mobile, which has more than 5m users, and the new entity will operate under...
Virgin Mobile USA to Buy SK Telecom's U.S. Unit: Report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Virgin Mobile USA VM is set to acquire a U.S. mobile arm of South Korea's SK Telecom Co as both sides agreed to combine their struggling businesses, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. A deal was agreed in principle...
Motorola Falls on Downgrades, Market Share Worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc MOT shares slumped 7 percent on Monday to their lowest levels in five years after analysts downgraded the mobile-phone maker on fears it cannot staunch market share losses in North America. Piper Jaffray analyst T. Michael Walkley...
Google's Android OS Hits Snags with Mobile Carriers
Michael Arrington submits: Google GOOG is finding that launching an entirely new cell phone platform is taking longer than expected. When it first announced its Android mobile operating system, Google said the first Android phones would be available during the second half of this year. Now the mobile carriers...
Google's Mobile Phone Plans Hit Delays: Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New mobile phones being developed by Google Inc GOOG and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some cellular carriers and program makers are struggling to...
Foxconn Hints at Trouble for Motorola
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Motorola MOT shares continue to sink ever deeper into the mire. The stock is getting whacked today, perhaps in part from some bearish commentary from the contract manufacturer Foxconn. According to Bloomberg, Foxconn Chairman Samuel Chin made some bearish comments following his company’s annual...
Samsung Instinct to debut in US at USD130
In a move designed to lure buyers away from Apple's upcoming iPhone 3G, Sprint says it will offer the copycat Samsung Instinct on 20 June for USD130.To qualify for the price, customers will have to sign a two-year service contract and redeem a USD100 mail-in rebate. Buyers will also...
Raw Data Report: Cell Phones
TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock...
Palm Centro: Doing Well, But the iPhone's Coming
Kevin Maney submits: Palm's PALM Centro is proving to be a much-needed boost for the company -- this year, the smart phone will hit 2 million units sold, Palm said yesterday. But analysts think the Centro will be vulnerable when the new, inexpensive iPhone AAPL comes out this year. At...
Sprint Plans QChat 40-market Launch For June 15
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp S said on Thursday it will launch a walkie-talkie style mobile phone service in 40 U.S. markets on June 15, based on Qualcomm Inc's QCOM QChat technology. The service, which lets customers chat with each other...
Wireless War: 4G Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
Sam Gustin submits: The battle over so-called 4G wireless technology is heating up, with major industry players choosing sides between WiMax and LTE, or Long Term Evolution. Nortel NT, the Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer, gave LTE a boost Wednesday when the company said it would devote its main...
Palm to Sell Centro Smartphone Through Verizon: Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc PALM will sell its $99 Centro smartphone through Verizon Wireless VZ, giving the smartphone maker access to Verizon's 67.2 million subscribers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Palm said it had already sold more than 1...
iPhone 3G Fallout: Good for Towers, Bad for Palm
There’s plenty to chew on today following Apple AAPL chief executive Steve Jobs’s unveiling of the next iPhone in San Francisco yesterday. Eric’s already talked a bunch this morning about the implications for Apple. Herewith, a smattering of discussion as to what it means for the rest of the communications...
Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner to block child pornography
US internet service providers Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to child pornography under a new agreement with New York attorney general, Andrew Cuomo. The pact, which is due to be announced later this week, will see the providers block offending sites and message...
Internet Companies to Block Child Porn Sites: Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon VZ , Sprint S and Time Warner Cable TWC have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday. The move is part of an agreement...
Tech giants form WiMAX patent alliance - Rumour
Six telecoms and tech firms are partnering to share WiMAX technology patents, in a bid to curb royalty fees that could hamper the adoption of the standard, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire are expected to present the Open Patent Alliance today...
Verizon Wireless to Buy Alltel
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel for $28.1 billion (14.4 billion pounds), including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T. Under the...
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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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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
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P.O. Box 7997
Shawnee Mission, KS
913 624-3000
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