Sprint Nextel Corporation
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Clearwire gets $1.5 billion in financing from Sprint and other investors
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 13 days 11 hours 16 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Clearwire Corp. is getting an additional $1.5 billion in financing from previous investors to build out its nationwide wireless data network.
Sprint plans to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs as slump continues
Hartford Courant (Conn.), The | 14 days 6 hours 4 minutes ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. is planning to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs, mostly before the end of the year, as it keeps losing subscribers.
MetroPCS, Leap shares slip after Goldman downgrades on rising competition -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 34 days 12 hours 37 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. fell Tuesday, with Goldman Sachs predicting disappointing quarterly results.
Analyst sees Adobe Systems shares headed higher after another round of job cuts
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 12 days 14 hours 5 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.
Notice of Oral Ex Parte Communication
FierceWireless | 41 days 12 hours 11 minutes ago
Charles W. McKeeVice President, Government AffairsFederal & State RegulatorySprint Nextel Corporation2001 Edmund Halley DriveReston, VA 20191(703) 433-3786October 9, 2009Via Electronic... Read more >>
Unstrung - WiMax/Broadband Wireless - Clearwire Confirms $1.5B-Plus Funding Boost - Telecom News Wire
Unstrung.com | 13 days 10 hours 39 minutes ago
Clearwire to raise over $1.5B to continue national expansion of 4G mobile Internet services
Clearwire Secures Commitments From Sprint, Comcast, TWC For $1.5 Billion Financing
Reuters | 13 days 11 hours 7 minutes ago
As expected, Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) says that it has secured a definitive agreement to raise a $1.564 billion financing from Sprint (NYSE:
Greywolf Capital Sends Letter to iPCS Inc. Board Opposing Sprint Nextel Corp. Offer [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 days 4 hours 43 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
Best Buy Discounts HTC Hero, Samsung Moment - Reviews by PC Magazine
PC Magazine | 6 days 10 hours 5 minutes ago
Best Buy's Mobile retail unit announced that it is discounting two Android-powered Sprint smartphones, the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment, to just $99.99 with a two-year contract and after instant rebates.
Clearwire Secures Agreement To Raise Over $1.5 Billion
MocoNews.net | 13 days 12 hours 22 minutes ago
As expected, Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) says that it has secured a definitive agreement to raise a $1.564 billion financing from Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel Corporation, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner Cable, Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Eagle River Holdings and Bright House Networks. The financing comes in exchange for newly issued shares priced at $7.33 per share. More to come
WiMAX Forum Welcomes Packet One Networks, UQ Communications to its Board of Directors [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 14 hours 25 minutes ago
The WiMAX Forum today announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors: Michael Lai, Chief Executive Officer of Packet One Networks (“P1”), and Dr. Fumio Watanabe, CTO of UQ Communications Inc. Both Packet One and UQ Communications are worldwide leaders in the development and deployment of next generation wireless technology.
Santa Makes Cutbacks This Holiday Season Due to Wireless Abuses in New Boost Mobile TV Ad [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 13 hours 25 minutes ago
Boost Mobile, the division of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) that offers great value with unlimited talk, text and Web on a dependable nationwide network, unveils the next installment of its ‘Unwronged’ commercials, this time featuring Santa Claus. This holiday season even Santa is being abused with an overpriced cell phone plan and is forced to make cutbacks in the form of a seven-foot-tall elf and donkey stand-ins to lug his sleigh.
Verizon pushing Google phone app
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 34 days 22 hours 12 minutes ago
Motorola's Droid smart phone, due next month, has Google software that's challenging Apple Inc.
Adobe to cut 680 full-time jobs, or 9 percent of work force
Hartford Courant (Conn.), The | 13 days 2 hours 27 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 |