About Nextel
Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. Unlike other cellular providers' networks, Nextel's network operated in the Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) band, and Nextel was one of the first providers in the United States to offer a national digital cellular coverage footprint.
Read MoreNextel had over 20 million U.S. subscribers, and in 2006, claimed to serve "198 of the top 200 U.S. markets." Nextel offered pre-paid services through the Boost Mobile brand and provided services in the Philippines through the Next Mobile brand.
Nextel was headquartered in Reston, a community in Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC.
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