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NewsSprint customers continue to flee, base drops to 51.9M
Sprint Nextel disappointed investors once again with some less-than-stellar second quarter results. In particular, the company continues to lose customers at a rapid rate--it lost 901,000 customers Read more...
FEATURE: Sound off - Industry players discuss the Sprint/Clearwire WiMAX deal
On May 7 Sprint and Clearwire announced plans to combine their WiMax businesses and create a new company (called Clearwire) with a $3.2 billion investment from Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Read more...
Bye Bye Xohm
Bye Bye Xohm Less than a year after Xohm made its big brand debut at Sprint's Technology Conference, the cryptic Read more...
Sprint appoints Brust as CFO
Sprint Nextel has tapped former chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak, Robert Brust as its new CFO. Brust also previously served as a finance executive at Unisys and General Electric. Sprint's Read more...
Hesse looks for push-to-comeback
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced a half dozen push-to-x QChat phones that are set to run on Sprint's EVDO Rev. A network instead of the old Nextel iDEN network. The new Direct Connect service supports Read more...
Hesse looks for push-to-comeback
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced a half dozen push-to-x QChat phones that are set to run on Sprint's EVDO Rev. A network instead of the old Nextel iDEN network. The new Direct Connect service supports Read more...
Sprint appoints Elfman networks president
Sprint Nextel created a new position for Steven Elfman, who left Motricity to become Sprint's first president of network operations and wholesale. Elfman will report directly to Sprint CEO Dan Hesse Read more...
WiMAX, LTE and the 4G promise
All the big vendors are planning to tout their 4G wares at the upcoming CTIA conference. The race is on to establish LTE leadership so vendors are gearing up for the latest battle. In the U.S., both Read more...
Sprint round-up: Board exits; lawsuit; unlimited ad
Sprint Nextel has a handful of announcements and stories swirling around it today: Two board members resigned, MMS users filed a class action lawsuit against it and CEO Dan Hesse appeared in an ad Read more...
Sprint, it's time to take the money
Sprint, it's time to take the money The rumors are rife over acquisition and spin-off scenarios for troubled Sprint. Deutsche Telekom might make a play for Sprint, Sprint may spin off Nextel and Read more...
| Press ReleasesSprint Nextel Names Wireless Veteran Dan Hesse as President and CEO RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2007--The Sprint Nextel Board of Directors has named wireless industry veteran Daniel R. Hesse, 54, as president and chief executive Read more... |