Sprint Nextel Corporation

Type	Public (NYSE: S)
Founded	Sprint 1899; NEXTEL 1987; Sprint/NEXTEL Merger 2005
Location	Overland Park, KS (World Headquarters) and Reston, VA (Corporate Headquarters)
Key people	Timothy M. Donahue, Chairman Gary Forsee, President & CEO Len Lauer, COO William White, SVP Corp. Communications
Industry	Communications Services
Products	Telecom, Internet services, Wireless, BlackBerrys, GPS, (Sprint PCS): CDMA, EV-DO, WiFi, VoIP, Java, (Nextel): iDEN, WiDEN, Flash-OFDM, Push to talk
Revenue	$34.7 billion USD (2005) [1]
Employees	62,000
Website	Sprint

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, with a combined market capitalization of $77.1 billion as of early 2006. It operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the U.S. based on total wireless customers—behind Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless—with 51 million subscribers, under both the Sprint PCS and Nextel brands. It is also a provider of landline, long distance, and is a Tier 1 Internet service provider under the name SprintLink. As well as operating several units that provide businesses and governments with communications services. The new company, formerly known as Sprint Corporation, was created from the $35 billion purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint, though the entire deal was billed as a merger of equals. Both internally and externally, Sprint is an acceptable short name for the company. 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The company maintains its operational and engineering offices in Overland Park, Kansas. Overland Park is the second most populated city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the tenth largest city in the West North Central region of the country. ...

History

Sprint

Former Sprint logo

The Sprint Corporation was founded in 1899 by Cleyson Leroy Brown under the Brown Telephone Company 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 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Abilene is a city located in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States, 163 miles (262 km) west of Kansas City. ... The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the US telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other. ...

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 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

Southern Pacific Communications Company (SPCC), a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad began offering their dial-up service shortly after the Execunet II decision late in 1978. The Railroad had extensive rights of way that could be used to lay long-distance communications. Prior attempts at offering long distance service were not approved by the Federal Communications Commission, though the company's fax service (SpeedFAX) had been permitted. SPC was headquartered in Burlingame, California (where Sprint still maintains a small presence on Adrian Ct.). According to company employees, Sprint was a name chosen by a contest sponsored within the company by Rex Hollis, the VP of Marketing at the time. It was an acronym for "Southern Pacific Railroad INTegration". The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... A right-of-way is an easement or strip of land granted to a railroad company upon which to build a railroad. ... The FCCs official seal. ... Fax (short for facsimile - from Latin fac simile, make similar, i. ... Burlingame Library Burlingame is a city located in San Mateo County, California. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...

Southern Pacific Communications became part of GTE in 1982. In 1986, Sprint was merged with US Telecom (the long distance arm of United Telecom) to form US Sprint. This was a partnership owned by GTE and United Telecom. In 1989 United Telecom purchased controlling interest in US Sprint. In 1991 United Telecom completed its acquisition of US Sprint. That same year United Telecom changed its name to Sprint. Categories: Corporation stubs | Communications companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Telephone companies | Public Utilities ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1993, Sprint acquired Centel, which allowed Sprint to provide local service in a total of 18 states. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was 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). ...

In 1995, the company began to offer wireless service under the Sprint PCS brand. 1995 (MCMXCV) 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 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... MCI logo MCI, Inc. ... 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 symbol, Sprint's former ticker symbol. (FON stood for "Fiber Optic Network", which was Sprint's bragging right, but was also a homophone of the word "phone"). 2003 (MMIII) was 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 • 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara • 19 Norris McWhirter • 22 Pat Tillman • 24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq – Occupation & Resistance Israeli... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ...

NEXTEL

Former NEXTEL logo (still used occasionally)

NEXTEL was founded as FleetCall in 1987 by Morgan E. O' Brien, a Washington, DC, communications attorney, and changed its name to NEXTEL Communications in 1993. In 1995, wireless pioneer Craig McCaw became a significant investor in the company. Mark Warner, a former Virginia Governor and possible 2008 presidential candidate was one of the company's co-founders. Daniel Akerson was also a founder of Nextel. 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 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was 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 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Craig McCaw at NSTAC meeting, June 2001 Craig McCaw (b. ... Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

NEXTEL was formerly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker "NXTL". 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. At the time of the merger announcement Sprint and NEXTEL were the No. 3 and No. 5 leading providers in the US mobile phone industry. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sprint shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger on July 13, 2005. 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 2.5 GHz band within the next four years. Sprint Nextel was officially formed on August 12, 2005, when the deal was completed. July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The FCCs official seal. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

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.

Nextel is known for its free incoming call plan. However, since the merger Nextel Customers are now able to convert their plans to the Sprint side, and Sprint Customers can convert their accounts to the Nextel side. Both changes, would require purchasing new phone equipment however, Sprint Nextel may buy-back fairly new but used-cells phones for up to $40.

Popular features from each side have been incorporated into the other - Sprint now offers Free Incoming plans, and Nextel now offers Fair & Flexible plans.

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, and business telecommunications, and is a Tier 1 Internet service provider under the name SprintLink. Cellular redirects here. ... A Tier 1 ISP is a telco or Internet service provider IP network which connects to the rest of the Internet only via a practice known as peering. ...

Sprint Nextel also offers pre-paid services through the Boost Mobile brand, and it provides services in the Philippines through the Next Mobile brand. Sprint Nextel wholesales capacity on its PCS wireless network to companies called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO); this means the MVNO uses the Sprint PCS network for coverage. The MVNOs resell wireless services using their own brand. Current MVNOs using the PCS network to provide coverage include, 9278 Mobile, Virgin Mobile, EarthLink Wireless, BeyondMobile, Working Assets,Telispire, Excel Wireless,STI Mobile, Liberty Wireless, Powernet Global, PlatinumTel,ConnexOne, Mobile ESPN, Disney Mobile, Movida Wireless, Helio, Primus Wireless, Voce, Jitterbug Wireless, and Qwest. Boost Mobile is a brand of mobile phone launched in Australia in 2000 and in New Zealand in 2001 that is marketed to the teenager and young adult demographic. ... A Mobile Virtual Network Operator is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum, but resells wireless services under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. ... Virgin Mobile plc is a mobile phone service provider operating in the UK, Australia, Canada, the US and France. ... Mobile ESPN is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator using the Sprint wireless network. ... Disney Mobile is a new MVNO in the USA. It is planned to come out sometime in the summer of 2006. ... Helio is a MVNO cell phone provider launched 2 May 2006. ... Jitterbug is an MVNO wireless carrier formed by GreatCall. ... Qwest Communications International Inc. ...

Embarq

Embarq's new logo

Sprint Nextel spun off its local telephone division into a separate company officially named Embarq Corporation and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EQ. The local phone company is the fifth largest local exchange carrier in the United States (under the Baby Bells) and the largest independent local provider, serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance and high-speed data services to residential and business customers. Image File history File links EmbarqBrandLogo. ... Image File history File links EmbarqBrandLogo. ... The company, Embarq, has not yet been created. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Current phone company regions. ...

Embarq became a fully separate company on May 17, 2006. It is headquarted at the Sprint Campus in Overland Park, KS. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Quadruple Play

On November 2, 2005 Sprint Nextel and a coalition of US-based Cable television providers announced a partnership where cable TV customers would be able to bundle their Sprint or Nextel cell phones with either their Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications or Advance/Newhouse Communications cable bills. In addition the group of Cable companies agreed to their intention to develop products with Sprint Nextel where users would be able to initiate advanced features like control their Digital Video Recorder (DVRs) by cell phone.[2] Press Releases: [3], [4], [5], [6] November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest cable company and the largest broadband (second overall) Internet service provider in the United States. ... Time Warner Cable is a national cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... The Bright House Networks logo. ...

Affiliate Acquisition

In 2005, Sprint Nextel acquired three of its wireless affiliates, US Unwired (deal closed in August), Gulf Coast Wireless (deal closed in October), and IWO Holdings (deal closed in October). Analysts speculate that Sprint Nextel will acquire additional affiliates.

On September 1, 2005, Sprint Nextel combined plan offerings of its Sprint PCS and Nextel brands to bring more uniformity across the company's offerings. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Logo

One of the advertising logos

The new logo of the Sprint Nextel Corporation was one of the first attempts at seamlessly meshing the initial brands of both the Sprint Corporation and NEXTEL Communications. The logo is a blend of the former Sprint "pin drop" marketing image as well as the colors of Nextel's bright yellow and black logo design with its cellular service level bars that, in past marketing, would get "typed" from a single vertical black line [7]. The company also continues to reinforce the idea of a combination of brand strengths on several levels of marketing including a voice over exclaiming "Sprint, together with Nextel" or "Nextel, together with Sprint" as a way to play on the idea of a merger of equals. Image File history File links SprintNextel true Logo This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links SprintNextel true Logo This work is copyrighted. ...

Sprint PCS

Sprint PCS is the main wireless brand of Sprint Nextel, and was the main brand of the former Sprint Corporation.

The Sprint PCS network operates a 3G wireless network, using the 1xRTT standard, which is part of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard. Sprint is currently rolling out a higher speed wireless network using EV-DO technology. They expect to spend over 2.5 billion dollars upgrading the existing network to EV-DO technology. As of early 2006, Sprint's EV-DO Power Vision network reached more then 150 Million people. It is expected to reach 190 Million people by the end of 2006. Sprint has announced plans to continue upgrading their 3G EV-DO network, until it reaches 260 Million people in 2007. By the end of 2007, Sprint expects to have fully rolled out their EV-DO Rev.A network-wide. Sprint Nextel have also stated plans to invest $7 Billion this year to improve its network. 3G (or 3-G) is short for third-generation technology. ... CDMA2000 is a family of third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications standards that use CDMA, a multiple access scheme for digital radio, to send voice, data, and signalling data (such as a dialed telephone number) between mobile phones and cell sites. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... 1x Evolution-Data Optimized, abbreviated as EV-DO or 1xEV-DO and often EVDO, is a wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service providers in Japan, Korea, the Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Portugal, Brazil, Israel, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Venezuela, Angola...

On May 9, 2006 Sprint Nextel and Alltel agreed on a new Nationwide Roaming partnership. Sprint News Release, Alltel news Release The new roaming agreement is for both voice and (1x & EV-DO) data roaming coverage. This new partnership is different from Alltel's voice only roaming agreement with Verizon Wireless. The new agrrement is (reciprocal), meaning customers from both companies get to roam on to each other's networks. Giving Alltel customers access to Sprint's 1x & EV-DO network, and Sprint customers access to Alltel's denser rural 1x & EV-DO voice and data coverage. This agreement represents the first of it's kind between US wireless carriers. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alltel (NYSE: AT) is a telecommunications company with headquarters in the Riverdale neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. ... Verizon Wireless owns and operates the second-largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States. ...

Sprint's EV-DO (Power Vision) data options include Sprint TV, Sprint Radio (both streaming and SIRIUS satellite music) Stations, Sprint Music Store, Sprint On-Demand, unlimited Web access, video and picture mail, wireless chat and games. It is currently being offered in 41 states in the US. Sprint charges their customers $10 (For 1xRTT) and $15 (For EV-DO Power Visions) for web access through a phone, regardless of whether the phone is a standard or PDA Smart-Device phone. While others charge upto $50 for the same access.

Unlike Verizon's EV-DO offering, Sprint's Power Vision content is available in areas without EV-DO coverage, albeit at the lower speeds of the 1xRTT network. CDMA 1x data speeds can reach 144 Kbps, while EV-DO Currently has bursts of up to 2 Mbps.

While many CDMA carriers like Verizon have chosen to use the BREW interface on their phones, Sprint has opted to use the more widespread Java interface for their phones' application support. This allows for the use of Third-Party software applications like the wireless phone web browser Opera Mini, services like Google maps, or free e-mail client Flurry Mail, and other free software applications. Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. ... Opera Software graphic of Opera Mini showing Wikipedias splash page. ... Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa Penang island and Seberang Prai on the mainland as seen on Google Maps [1] Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free, web map server application and technology provided by Google that powers many map based...

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. This has also given Sprint a unique advantage over other carriers, in that their entire network was built for Sprint. Other national carriers coverage areas are made up of merged and acquired networks, which can cause inconsistent network harmony and other related problems.

Alamosa PCS (WAS) the largest of its affiliate carriers. Sprint Nextel completed the acquisition of Alamosa Holdings on February, 2 2006. Other affiliates include Ubiquitel, iPCS, Shentel, Enterprise, Northern PCS, and Swiftel. (See the Forced acquisitions and settlements section below for more details on acquisitions) To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Sprint Nextel also offers WiFi 802.11 service in some major airports, cafes, hotels and convention centers. IEEE 802. ...

Of historical note, when Sprint began offering wireless service in 1995 in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, it was the very first PCS-based wireless network in the Americas. Interesingly however, while today Sprint's PCS network utilizes CDMA, the Washington area network was actually GSM. Eventually Sprint converted that network to CDMA, then sold the GSM infrastructure in 1999 to Omnipoint (which eventually became part of T-Mobile USA). The official U.S. Census Bureau-designated Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area. ... Personal Communications Service or PCS is the name for the 1900-MHz radio band used for digital mobile phone services in Canada and the United States. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ...

Sprint Music Store

On October 31, 2005 the Sprint Music Store officially launched for PCS customers. Initial record-label participation included: EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. According to claims made by Sprint, the service has become such a hit that by February 15, 2006 one-million songs had been downloaded. [8] Then by April 6, 2006 the store had reached over 2 million downloads. [9] October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

NEXTEL

NEXTEL is the former wireless brand of NEXTEL Communications, and it operates on Motorola's iDEN protocol which uses time division multiple access (TDMA)-based 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 nationwide digital-cellular radio coverage. The Nextel brand has over 18.5 million U.S. subscribers, and is particularly popular in the southern United States. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an international communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... Iden is also a village in East Sussex, England Integrated Digital Enhanced Network, commonly referred to as iDEN, is a mobile communications technology, developed by Motorola, which provides its users the benefits of a trunked radio and a cellular telephone. ... 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, as well as GPS integration in later handsets. However, there are several downsides related to using this proprietary Motorola technology standard. It has been suggested there has been a lack of innovation in handset size, weight, and function compared to cellular industry trends, though many believe this has begun to change as result of the Sprint Nextel merger. Push-to-talk (PTT) is a method of conversing on half-duplex communication lines, including two-way radio, using a button to switch from voice transmission mode to voice reception mode. ... A two-way street is a street that allows vehicles to travel in both directions. ...

Initially, there was much speculation that current Nextel subscribers would be required to replace their existing handsets due to incompatibility between the standards used on both the Nextel and Sprint PCS network. However, since the time of the merger, Sprint Nextel has been working to assure its customers that both the current iDEN and CDMA technologies will continue to be supported for the current-time and that dual-band phones are being developed which will work on both networks simultaneously. Sprint Nextel plans to make a major marketing push in 2008 to convert users of the iDen network to CDMA users.

The push-to-talk (PTT) feature, with which Nextel has gained popularity, is expected to be made interoperable between the Sprint and Nextel networks by 2008. Currenty, Sprint PCS has its own push-to-talk service called ReadyLink which is based on the SIP VoIP protocol. Due to the difference in technology, users of the ReadyLink service cannot make or receive push-to-talk calls with users of the iDEN-based network. The integration of the two networks will be dependent on the deployment of Sprint's chosen successor to the first-phase of their high-speed wireless EV-DO network. The new push-to-talk platform is slated to be based on Qualcomm's Qchat product, which has been under development as a joint effort between both Sprint Nextel and Qualcomm since January 2002. ReadyLink is a walkie-talkie service, which utilizes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), offered by the Sprint Nextel Corporation. ... Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a protocol developed by the IETF MMUSIC Working Group and proposed standard for initiating, modifying, and terminating an interactive user session that involves multimedia elements such as video, voice, instant messaging, online games, and virtual reality. ... 1x Evolution-Data Optimized, abbreviated as EV-DO or 1xEV-DO and often EVDO, is a wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service providers in Japan, Korea, the Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Portugal, Brazil, Israel, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Venezuela, Angola... Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. ...

Nextel has recently upgraded their network to support the *WiDEN packet-data protocol. This has allowed an increase in data speeds of up to 90 kbit/s. Currently, the Motorola i850, i860, and i870 are the only phones to support WiDEN.

By 2010, Sprint Nextel plans to absorb the Nextel brand into the Sprint PCS brand. According to earlier documentation filed sometime earlier by Sprint, the iDEN-based network was originally to be sold *1. 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to the US market, Nextel has licensed its identity to NII Holdings, a holding company of which Sprint Nextel owns 18%. They have used the Nextel brand to set -up networks in many Latin American countries. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Boost Mobile

The pre-paid mobile services arm of Sprint Nextel (in the United States) are under the brand name Boost Mobile. Boost Mobile and its cell phones use the same iDEN mobile technology once used by Nextel Communictions. The phones include the infamous Nextel Walkie-talkie service known as 'Chirp'(tm) on Boost and Boost Mobile members may walkie-talkie to Sprint's former Nextel phone customers seamlessly. Boost Mobile is a brand of mobile phone launched in Australia in 2000 and in New Zealand in 2001 that is marketed to the teenager and young adult demographic. ... Boost Mobile is a brand of mobile phone launched in Australia in 2000 and in New Zealand in 2001 that is marketed to the teenager and young adult demographic. ... The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. ...

Nextel phones

Nextel has been known in the past for not offering a very diverse selection of mobile phones. This is especially true when related to its selection of alternate mobile phone manufacturers, as Motorola has seldom licensed its iDEN technology out to other handset vendors. All phones on Sprint Nextel's iDEN network thus far has been manufactured solely by Motorola , except for a few specialized devices sold by vendors such as Research In Motion (RIM), which has and continues to offer for sale versions of its BlackBerry PDA-style device. The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. ... Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an international communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... Research In Motion Limited (RIM. TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company. ... Species Rubus fruticosus- Common Blackberry and hundreds more microspecies (the subgenus also includes the dewberries) See also Black Raspberry, a fruit sometimes confused with blackberries. ...

• Motorola iDEN phones

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NII Holdings, Inc. (Nextel International)

Nextel operates both mobile service and network infrastructure in various countries of Latin America. These services are offered as part of the holding company NII Holdings, Inc. (formerly Nextel International.) Those countries include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Forced acquisitions and settlements

Prior to the merger, the Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications were dependent on a network of affiliated companies. Following the announcement of the merger agreement, some of these affiliates came forward with a strong opposition to the Sprint Nextel merger on the grounds that the merged company may violate existing agreements or significantly undercut earnings to these affiliates. In order for Sprint Nextel to allay some of this opposition by affiliates, they were forced to initiate discussions of either acquiring some of these affiliates or renegotiate existing agreements. In several cases the newly formed company was forced to acquire affiliated companies in exchange for them dropping their opposition of the merger.

Companies which Sprint Nextel has agreed to acquire:

• August 12, 2005: Sprint acquires the Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired for $1.3B. Thus adding some 500,000 additional direct customers to the Sprint Nextel company. [10]
• August 30, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces the intention to acquire IWO Holdings, Inc. a mainly New England-based network affiliate for the Sprint PCS business. (This acquisition closed on October 20, 2005.)
• Another acquisition forced by Gulf Coast Wireless, added an additional 95,000 customers mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi to Sprint Nextel's CDMA network. (With that closing on October 3, 2005).
• November 21, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces a $4.3B. acquisition agreement for Texas-based Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings. Potentially adding an additional 1.48 million customers to Sprint Nextel. (Sprint Nextel Completes Acquisition of Wireless Affiliate Alamosa Holdings on February 1, 2006)
• December 16, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces a $98 million agreement to acquire Enterprise Communications of Columbus, Georgia, thus adding over 52,000 customers to the company's PCS Wireless division.[11]
• December 16, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces acquisition of non-affiliate Velocita Wireless. The transaction will enhance the iDEN network's 900 MHz spectrum position. [12] - (velocitawireless.com) (Sprint Nextel Completes Acquisition of Velocita Wireless on February 28, 2006)
• December 21, 2005: Sprint Nextel Corporation and Nextel Partners, Inc. [13] finally reach an agreement for a $6.5B deal where the Sprint Nextel Corporation will acquire the largest of Nextel's affiliates to end Nextel Partners' opposition to any changes by Sprint in relation to the NEXTEL merger. [14]. Once completed the Nextel Partners deal will add more than 2 million customers directly to the Sprint Nextel company.
• April 20, 2006: Sprint Nextel Corporation and Ubiquitelpcs Corporation have reached an agreement where the Sprint Nextel Corporation will acquire Ubiquitelpcs, an exclusive Sprint PCS provider.

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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 for 2007. Sprint Nextel is the official wireless sponsor of the NFL. Sprint Nextel also holds naming rights to the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 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. ... NASCAR Nextel Cup logo The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sprint Center is a large multi-use indoor arena being built in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, located at 13th Street and Grand Avenue [2]. It is scheduled to be completed in October of 2007 and is expected to seat 18,500 people and have 72 suites. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...

Sprint Nextel Competitors

Wireless (in order of size)

• Cingular
• Verizon Wireless
• T-Mobile
• Alltel
• U.S. Cellular

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External links

Mobile phone Portal

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Official sites

• Sprint Nextel's official website
• Boost Mobile Sprint Nextel's pre-paid mobile service
• Nextel Partners (Acquired by Sprint)
• Sprint History Timeline
• Embarq's Official Website - Formerly Sprint's local wireline phone business
• Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratories
• Sprint Business
• Sprint Worldwide
• Sprint North Supply
• SprintLink
• Power Visions/Mobile Broadband

Articles and media

• Sprint Awards & Recognition
• Sprint Nextel News Releases

Developers

• Sprint Nextel Java Developers Forum (Official)
• Sprint Developers Forum
• Sprint FAQ @ PCS Intel

Resource

• Sprint Users forum
• Sprint PCS Info
• Sprint EV-DO/1x Data Coverage Maps
• Sprint Tower Locator
• Sprint Nextel Authorized Retailers locator
• Pros and Cons of Nextel's Wireless Service
• Pros and Cons of Sprint's PCS Wireless Service
• Compare EV-DO data speeds
• QUALCOMM Wireless Glossary
• CDMA University
• US Wireless Forum
• 3G CDMA device & Carrier info site

Other

• Google Maps: Street map centered on the Sprint Nextel Operational Headquarters Campus
• Mobiledia.com Sprint Cell Phone Releases
• AccessCellular.com Nextel Rate Plans
• PhoneScoop.com Sprint Carrier Info

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