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CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone888-211-4727
Employees
Founded1899
DescriptionMobile solutions

Offices

Former People

Manager of Marketing
Sales/Marketing
Director Mobile Advertising Sales Channels

Acquisitions

Total$36.3B
iPCS, 10/09 $831M
Virgin Mobile USA, 7/09 $483M
Nextel Communications, 8/05 $35B

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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.

Milestones

  • Acquired iPCS for $831M. (10/19/09)
    Posted 10/19/09 at 1:36pm
  • Acquired Virgin Mobile USA for $483M. (7/28/09)
    Posted 7/28/09 at 7:02am
  • Acquired Nextel Communications for $35B. (8/15/05)
    Posted 4/29/08 at 11:28am
  • Went public with stock symbol S.
    Posted 4/29/08 at 11:29am
  • Received in Debt funding.
    Posted 5/10/08 at 8:38am
  • David Westendorf, Manager of Marketing added.
    Posted 4/1/08 at 2:59pm
  • Lorenzo Dickerson, Sales/Marketing added.
    Posted 10/17/08 at 2:05pm
  • Jim McNamara, Director Mobile Advertising Sales Channels added.
    Posted 10/19/09 at 9:09am

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  1. News Release Printer Friendly Version View printer-friendly version << Back Sprint Nextel to Acquire Wireless Affiliate iPCS, Inc. (ir.ipcswirelessinc.com) [edit]
  2. Sprint to Acquire Virgin Mobile for $483M (foxbusiness.com) [edit]
  3. Sprint completes Nextel acquisition (theage.com.au) [edit]
  4. TriplePoint Capital (triplepointcapital.com) [edit]
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