Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) Corporation is the third largest wireless communications company in the U.S. based on the number of wireless subscribers, with over 54.8 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2013. Sprint also offers wireless services under Boost Mobile, Assurance Wireless and Virgin Mobile. Its current president and CEO is Dan Hesse.

Sprint Nextel, formerly known as Sprint, was formed by a merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications in 2005. Sprint is a majority shareholder in Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR). Currently Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank and satellite provider Dish Network have announced bids to purchase a majority of Sprint.

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