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Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It operates the third largest wireless network in the U.S. with nearly 44 million subscribers, under the Sprint PCS and Nextel brands--behind Cingular and Verizon Wireless. It also operates landline and long distance business, as well as several units that provide businesses and governments with communications services. The company, formerly known as Sprint Corporation, was created from the purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint, though the deal was billed as a merger of equals. Image File history File links Sprint Brand Logo Source: Business Wire [1] This work is copyrighted. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... Reston is an unincorporated planned city and census-designated place located in western Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... Overland Park is the second most populated city in Kansas. ... Gary D. Forsee - Chairman and CEO of Sprint Corporation Overland Park, Kansas as of March 19, 2003 replacing the retiring CEO William Esrey. ... Tim Donahue has served as president and chief executive officer of Nextel since August 1999. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Telecom is a shortening of the word telecommunication. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ... Reston is an unincorporated planned city and census-designated place located in western Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... Cingular Wireless is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Verizon Wireless, headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., owns and operates a national wireless network in the United States. ... A landline or main line is a telephone line which travels through a physical, land-based medium. ... Long distance in telecommunications, refers to telephone calls made outside a certain area, usually characterized by an area code outside of a local call area. ...

The company maintains an operational headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. Overland Park is the second most populated city in Kansas. ...

It will begin trading under the S ticker on August 15, 2005. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

History

Sprint

The legacy Sprint Corporation was founded in 1899 by Cleyson Brown under the Brown Telephone Company name in the small town of Abilene, Kansas. The company was a landline telephone company that operated as a competitor to the Bell System. Please do not modify the official Sprint logo until the merger is compelete. ... Please do not modify the official Sprint logo until the merger is compelete. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Abilene is a city located in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. ... The Bell System is an informal name given to the US telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) before AT&T divested its local exchange telephone service operating companies on January 1, 1984. ...

In the mid 20th century, Brown changed its name to United Utilities. That company changed its name to United Telecommunications in 1972, as it began to offer a more diversified product range. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

In 1986, the company launched its long distance services under the Sprint brand name. As more people became familiar with the Sprint name, the company changed its from United to Sprint Corporation in 1992. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1995, the company began to offer wireless service under the Sprint PCS brand. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On October 5, 1999 Sprint and MCI WorldCom announced a $129 Billion dollar merger agreement between the two companies. The deal would have been the largest corporate merger in history at the time. However the deal did not go through because of pressure from the United States Department of Justice and the European Union on concerns of it creating a monopoly. October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For a time, WorldCom (WCOM) was the United States second largest long distance phone company (AT&T was the largest). ... Justice Department redirects here. ...

In 2003, Sprint began recombining their local telecom, long distance, wireline, and wireless business units into a new company, marketing the combined company as "One Sprint". In April 2004, the separately traded wireless tracking stock, PCS, was absorbed into the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) FON ticker. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April â€¢ 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara â€¢ 19 Norris McWhirter â€¢ 22 Pat Tillman â€¢ 24 EstÃ©e Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq â€“ Occupation & Resistance Israeli... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ...

NEXTEL

NEXTEL was founded as FleetCall 1987 and changed its name to NEXTEL Communications in 1993. In 1995, wireless pioneer Craig McCaw became a significant investor in the company. Nextel logo, deeming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Nextel logo, deeming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Craig McCaw (born in 1949), made his fortune dealing in cellular phone territorial licenses. ...

NEXTEL was formerly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker “NXTL”. NASDAQ MarketSite (Times Square, New York City) at night NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ...

Merger of Sprint and NEXTEL

On December 15, 2004, Sprint and NEXTEL announced they would merge to form Sprint Nextel Corporation. While billed as a merger of equals, the transaction was actually the purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint Corporation. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sprint and NEXTEL shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger on July 13, 2005. July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Sprint and NEXTEL both faced opposition to the merger, mostly from regional affiliates that provide wireless services on behalf of the companies. These regional affiliates felt that the new company would be violating non-compete agreements that the former companies had made with the affiliates.

In July 2005, Sprint announced a deal to acquire one of its affiliates, US Unwired, for approximately $1.3 billion, as a part of the company’s merger with NEXTEL. Analysts also expect Sprint Nextel to acquire the other affiliates, some of which have filed lawsuits against the company. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

In addition, Sprint Nextel has made a settlement with an affiliate named Ubiqutel that Sprint won't be providing any Nextel service within the Ubiqutel service limits.

The merger deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Department of Justice on August 3, 2005. The FCC placed a condition on the merger that Sprint Nextel is to provide wireless service within the 2.5Ghz band within the next four years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...

Sprint Nextel was officially formed on August 12, 2005, when the deal was completed. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Sprint Nextel Today

Sprint Nextel currently offers cellular phone service under its Sprint PCS and Nextel brands. It is also a provider of landline, long distance, business telecommunications, and Tier 1 internet service provider under the name SprintLink. Cellular redirects here. ... A Tier 1 carrier is a telco or ISP that is at the top of the telecommunications peering and settlements food chain. ...

Sprint Nextel also offers pre-paid services through the Boost Mobile brand, and it provides services in the Philippines through the Next Mobile brand. The Virgin Mobile phone service uses the Sprint PCS network for its coverage. The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. ... Virgin Mobile plc, is a cellular phone service provider operating in the UK, US, Australia, and Canada. ...

Sprint Nextel is expected to spin off its local telephone company, Sprint LTD, into a separate company. Sprint LTD services 18 states in the U.S. and provides local, long distance and high-speed data services to residential and business customers.

Sprint PCS

Sprint PCS is the main wireless brand of Sprint Nextel, and was the main brand of the former Sprint Corporation. Image File history File links SprintNextel true Logo This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links SprintNextel true Logo This work is copyrighted. ...

The Sprint PCS network operates on the 3G wireless standard, which is part of the Code division multiple access (CDMA) standard. 3G (or 3-G) is short for third-generation mobile telephone technology. ... Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a method of multiple access that does not divide up the channel by time (as in TDMA), or frequency (as in FDMA), but instead encodes data with a certain code associated with a channel and uses the constructive interference properties of the signal medium...

Sprint Nextel maintains its nationwide PCS presence with the help of affiliates. These smaller companies, in agreement with Sprint, build network infrastructure as well as operate retail stores. In exchange, the smaller companies receive usage of Sprint's brand, radio spectrum, customer service and billing. In most cases, these affiliate carriers are transparent to the end user or consumer. Alamosa PCS is the largest of its affiliate carriers, the others are Ubiquitel, iPCS, Shentel, Enterprise, Gulf Coast Wireless, Northern PCS, Swiftel, and IWO. (See Merger of Sprint and NEXTEL section above). One of several affiliates of Sprint PCS Alomosa PCS ...

Nextel

Nextel is the former wireless brand of NEXTEL Communications, and it operates on the iDEN protocol that uses time division multiple access (TDMA) technology. Unlike other cellular operators, Nextel utilizes the specialized mobile radio band (SMR) and was one of the first operators in the United States to offer a national digital cellular coverage footprint. The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a technology for shared medium (usually radio) networks. ...

Some of Nextel's special features include its push to talk feature, which simulates the half-duplex operation of a two-way radio. A downside of this sole-source and proprietary standard has been a lack of innovation in handset size and weight, compared to mobile telephony industry trends, though this too is changing. Push to talk, commonly abbreviated as PTT, is a method of conversing on half-duplex communication lines, including two-way radio, by pushing a button in order to send, allowing voice communication to be transmitted from you, and releasing to let voice communication be received. ...

Initially, speculation that current Nextel subscribers would be required to replace their existing handsets due to incompatibility between Nextel technology and Sprint technology was put forth. However, Sprint Nextel has assured its customers that both the current iDEN and CDMA technologies will continue to be supported and that dual-band phones are being researched to work on both networks simultaneously.

The push-to-talk feature with which Nextel has gained its fame is also expected to be released on the CDMA network in 2006 when Sprint deploys their successor to the first phase of their high speed wireless network EV-DO. The new push to talk platform will be based on Qualcomm's Qchat product, which has been under development between Nextel and Qualcomm since January 2002. Evolution Data Only or Evolution Data Optimized, often abbreviated as EVDO, EV-DO, EvDO, 1xEV-DO or 1xEvDO is a wireless radio broadband data protocol being adopted by many CDMA mobile phone providers in Brazil, Japan, Korea, Israel, the United States, and Canada as part of the cdma2000 standard. ... Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. ...

By 2010, Sprint Nextel plans to absorb the Nextel brand into the Sprint PCS brand. 2010 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Major Sponsorships

Sprint Nextel is the major title sponsor of NASCAR’s top racing series, called the NEXTEL Cup. It is expected that the name of the series will be changed to the Sprint Cup by 2007. NASCAR Nextel Cup logo, deeming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The Nextel Cup Series is NASCARs premier stock car racing series. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sprint Nextel also hold naming rights to the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Sprint Center is an arena being built in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, at 14th Street and Grand Avenue. ... City nickname: City of Fountains, Heart of the Nation Location in the state of Missouri Country State County United States Missouri Clay/Jackson/Platte Mayor Kay Barnes Area â€“Land â€“Water 318 sq. ...

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