CrunchBase is hiring! Check out our open positions →
Register | Login or Login

Exit

PublicNYSE:S
Raised
Post IPO Valuation
Acquired bySoftBank
Date10/12

General Information

CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone888-211-4727
Employees
Founded1999
DescriptionMobile solutions

Offices

People

CEO
LBS Product Manager

Former People

Manager of Marketing
Sales/Marketing
Director Mobile Advertising Sales Channels
Show All Former People

Acquisitions

Total$36.3B
OneLouder, 5/13
Handmark, 5/13
Clearwire, 12/12
iPCS, 10/09 $831M
Virgin Mobile USA, 7/09 $483M
Nextel Communications, 8/05 $35B

Investments

Clearwire 2/13
Clearwire 11/09
Clearwire 11/09
IPWireless 1/06

Funding

DEBT
Debt, 1/10
TriplePoint Capital

Competitors

Tags

Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users.

Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving almost 49 million customers at the end of the second quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.

Recent Milestones

Videos

Above:

This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 5/13/13

Screenshots

Sprint Nextel screenshot
Above: Sprint New Home Page
Uploaded: 6/15/11

Stock Price

Sources

  1. SoftBank buys Sprint: everything you need to know about the $20.1 billion acquisition (theverge.com) [edit]
  2. Sprint Nextel Buys Handmark And Its Subsidiary OneLouder Apps - Quick Facts (nasdaq.com) [edit]
  3. Sprint Nextel Buys Handmark And Its Subsidiary OneLouder Apps - Quick Facts (nasdaq.com) [edit]
  4. Sprint finalizes Clearwire buyout for $2.2B (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  5. Sprint Nextel Silences iPCS (allthingsd.com) [edit]
  6. Sprint to Acquire Virgin Mobile for $483M (foxbusiness.com) [edit]
  7. Sprint completes Nextel acquisition (theage.com.au) [edit]
  8. Clearwire takes $80M from Sprint even as it’s flirting with Dish for a buyout (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  9. Clearwire takes on $920M more to build out wireless networks (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. Clearwire raises $1.5 billion to continue WiMax buildout (blogs.zdnet.com) [edit]
  11. Sprint Nextel Leads New Investment in IPWireless (ipwireless.com) [edit]
  12. TriplePoint Capital (triplepointcapital.com) [edit]
  13. Sprint Inks Deal To Support Clearwire With $1.6 Billion (facebook.com) [edit]
    Sprint Closes $480M Deal for Wireless Spectrum (themiddlemarket.com) [edit]
Edit This Page
Last Edited 5/21/13

Revision History RSS Picture

Sharing

Share this page on Twitter or Facebook:
Or copy this code to embed a widget: customize »

TechCrunch Posts TechCrunch Logo Small Picture

Techmeme Posts Techmeme Logo Small Picture

Recent Incoming Links

External Links

CrunchBase API

Sponsors



Become a Sponsor
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Licensing Policy