About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation (S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the US. With 53.8 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind AT&T; and Verizon Wireless. Sprint is a global Tier 1 Internet carrier, and, as such, makes up a portion of the Internet backbone. In the United States, the company also operates the second largest wireless broadband network and is the third largest long distance provider.
Read MoreThe company was created in 2005 by the $35 billion purchase of Nextel Communications by Sprint Corporation. In 2006, the company spun off its local landline telephone business, naming it Embarq and also completed the $6.5 billion acquisition of Nextel Partners, one of its largest affiliates, which primarily provides Nextel wireless services to more rural markets.
Sprint Nextel has its world headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. Both internally and externally, "Sprint" is an acceptable short name for the company; however, all iDEN "walkie-talkie" phones currently being shipped are still branded with the Nextel logo and graphics.
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Is growth over for wireless operators?
Explore Article Connected Planet Online (Mar 4 2010)
...uilt to withstand the downward pressures in pricing in a way their larger competitors, T-Mobile and Sprint, are not. On its Q4 earnings call, Leap executives suggested new pricing plans not necessarily buil...
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Non-Profits Set Up Mobile Giving for Chile
Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 1 2010)
...ss announced it would waive all calling fees for its customers trying to reach loved ones in Chile. Sprint also said on Saturday that it was waiving text-messaging fees for Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA customers who send mobile donations to short codes asso... (Read Full Article)
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New Sprint Campaign Touts Value
Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 1 2010) Americas
Sprint Nextel wants to clear the air regarding confusion in the wireless market it says was created by claims fro......th the message: "Our $69.99 is worth more than their $69.99." The new campaign highlights Sprint's $69.99 Everything Data plan, which the carrier says is a better value because it includes nat... (Read Full Article)
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Carriers, post-Haiti, enable 100pc text donations for Chile
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Feb 28 2010)
...natural disaster. Carriers step up to the plate Like Haiti, the major wireless carriers – AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless – have mobilized and provisioned short codes for use in mobile g...
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T-Mobile USA data revenues top $1 billion in Q4 - FierceMobileContent
Explore Article FierceMobileContent (Feb 25 2010)
Facing escalating pressures from rivals Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint, T-Mobile USA reported fourth-quarter net income of $306 million, down from $417 million in Q3 and ... (Read Full Article)
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The open application store industry is where iPhone will see competition. PocketGear has bought out Handango
Explore Article gomonews.com (Feb 23 2010) Mobile Applications , Operator Services
...art of the PocketGear Developer Programme. So then I thought about the major deal announced between Sprint and GetJar announced recently… and the conversation I had with Fabbio Pezzoti, Founder of another o...
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Verizon, ATandT, Other Operators Bond In Wholesale Applications Community
Explore Article eweek.com (Feb 17 2010) Americas , Congress & FCC
...eliverable to a wide range of mobile devices. Among those operators are AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Vodafone, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, and China Unicom. The alliance bills itself as the Whole... (Read Full Article)
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Wholesale Applications Community to push apps to customers launched by mobile operators
Explore Article gomonews.com (Feb 15 2010)
...ecom, Softbank Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, SingTel, SK Telecom, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, VimpelCom, Vodafone and Wind are committed to create an ecosystem for the develo... (Read Full Article)
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A very mobile Valentine’s Day
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Feb 11 2010) MMS , Mobile Marketing , SMS
...re than 2,500 different handset models across wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile USA. The mobile greeting cards will feature full-motion video, sound and music and a p...
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Sprint Taps GetJar To Offer Thousands Of Free Apps To Subscribers
Explore Article mocoNews (Feb 10 2010) Smartphones , Americas
Sprint (NYSE: S) is partnering with GetJar, an independent Lithuania-based application store, to offer tho... (Read Full Article)
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NBC details aggressive mobile initiatives for 2010 Olympics
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Feb 7 2010) MMS , Americas
...le content and media (see story). Going for mobile gold Wireless carrier partners include AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Wireless. AT&T is offering live mobile video. NBC has an Olympic mobile Web site th...
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Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer partner with government for SMS health alerts
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Feb 4 2010) SMS , Americas
...ink of the initiative by distributing text messages to recipients at no charge. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless are just a few of the many carriers that have signed on. “Verizon Wireless is ...
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Cheaper cellphone calls to drive SMS uptake in 2010
Explore Article textually.org (Jan 28 2010) SMS
...tworks indicated that people are increasingly neglecting their voicemails. In a study conducted for Sprint, results showed that people under the age of 30 are four times more likely to answer an SMS within ... (Read Full Article)
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Mobile Hotspot App for Verizon Hacked Onto Sprint webOS Handsets
Explore Article jkOnTheRun (Jan 25 2010) Americas
Part of the “Plus” for Palm’s Pre on Verizon is double the memory and storage than that of the Sprint version. But I’d also call turning the handset into a mobile hotspot a “plus” as well. Sure it cost...
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Why every charity needs an SMS short code
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Jan 24 2010) Mobile Marketing , SMS
...Red Cross, for instance. And for this, the nation owes its gratitude to Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Establishing a relationship by text messaging opens up not just another donation chan...
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