Sprint Nextel Corporation
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Liberty Media Corporation Announces Receipt of Private Letter Ruling Relating to Split-Off [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 23 hours 7 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media) announced...directing a request to Liberty Media Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood...Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
Sprint plans to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs as slump continues -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 13 days 19 hours 16 minutes ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday said it will cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs, mostly before the end of the year, as it keeps losing subscribers.
Mike Osredker, Tercon Director of Business Development and Global Marketing, to Chair The American Small Business Coalition Executive Committee [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 44 minutes ago
Mike Osredker, Tercon Consulting’s Director, Business Development and Global Marketing, has been named Chair of The American Small Business Coalition’s (The ASBC) 2009/2010 Executive Committee.
Liberty Media Gathers Internet Innovators at Fourth Annual 'NetLeaders Forum 2009' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 30 days 15 hours 21 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty") recently held...dialogue." Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range...Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
Sprint shares slip after S&P warning; Agency may cut credit rating
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 12 days 10 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. slipped Wednesday as Standard & Poor's warned it may cut the wireless provider's credit rating based on the its "weak" performance this year.
Liberty Media Corporation to Present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 75 days 23 hours 30 minutes ago
...should visit the Liberty Media Corporation website at http://www...30 days. Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range...Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel Corporation. Nothing in this press...
Liberty Media Corporation Announces SVP Bill Fitzgerald to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 81 days 18 hours 30 minutes ago
...should visit the Liberty Media Corporation website at http://www...30 days. Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range...Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel Corporation. Nothing in this press...
Sprint, Clearwire rise on report of new investment; analyst says more cash needed
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 13 days 22 hours 8 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. gained Monday after a published report suggesting Sprint and its partner investors will put at least another $1.5 billion into Clearwire.
Liberty Media Announces Judging Panel for 'Media for Liberty Award' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 48 days 20 hours 30 minutes ago
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty")
Network Solutions Names Kurt Gastrock as New Senior Vice President [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 1 hour 32 minutes ago
Network Solutions® announced today that Kurt Gastrock has been named Senior Vice President, with responsibilities spanning three key areas: Product, Sales and Wholesale. Gastrock will be a catalyst for product innovation and customer growth. He is charged with extending the company’s suite of products and services through online and new sales channels and developing new private label offerings to a growing portfolio of partners.
Palm shares rise premarket after Kaufman upgrade; analyst calls investors 'overly negative' -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 6 days 4 hours 19 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Palm Inc. rose ahead of regular trading Tuesday after Kaufman Bros. said worries about competition for the company's "smart" phones are overdone.
Social Networking Sites Account for More than 20 Percent of All U.S. Online Display Ad Impressions, According to comScore Ad Metrix [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 83 days 1 hour 30 minutes ago
...Sprint Nextel Corporation 790 26.3 68,581...Verizon Communications Corporation 435 10.5 54,010...
Former Mayor Dennis Archer Advocates for Federal Transportation Policy Reform at Detroit Forum [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 63 days 1 hour 28 minutes ago
...Senior Project Manager at the Center for Automotive Research; and Tim Johnson, Strategic Opportunity Manager at Sprint Nextel Corporation. A project of the BPC, NTPP was launched with the goal of bringing fresh approaches to transportation policy...
Analyst sees Adobe Systems shares headed higher after another round of job cuts -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 12 days 4 hours 26 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. should have more room to climb following recently announced job cuts, a Jefferies & Co. analyst said Wednesday.
Adobe to cut 680 full-time jobs, or 9 percent of work force -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 12 days 16 hours 48 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Adobe Systems said Tuesday it is cutting 680 full-time jobs, or about 9 percent of its work force, to align costs with its fiscal 2010 budget.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.sprint.com |
Running to keep up in the US telecom race, Sprint Nextel is the #3 wireless carrier behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility in terms of subscribers. Sprint Nextel serves nearly 40 million customers with mobile voice, data, and Web services over its nationwide network. While the namesake brand is reserved for postpaid accounts, the company also offers prepaid mobile access (mainly to the youth market) through its Boost Mobile subsidiary. Sprint Nextel also provides cellular access to other carriers on a wholesale basis. The company's smaller legacy wireline business provides long-distance voice, Internet, and data network services primarily to corporate customers and other carriers.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 35,635 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -11.2 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -2,796 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 56,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -6.7 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |