Sprint Nextel Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sprint_Nextel_Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkbp:acquisitionYear April 1, 2020
gptkbp:category Defunct telecommunications companies of the United States
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Companies based in Overland Park, Kansas
gptkbp:competitor gptkb:AT&T
gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkb:Verizon
gptkbp:dissolved 2020
gptkbp:fate merged into T-Mobile US
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Brown_Telephone_Company
gptkb:United_Telecommunications
gptkb:Sprint_Corporation
gptkbp:founded 1899
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Cleyson_Brown
gptkb:Jacob_Brown
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Overland_Park,_Kansas,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sprint Nextel Corporation
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Marcelo_Claure
gptkb:Dan_Hesse
gptkbp:logo Sprint_Nextel_logo.svg
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Nextel_Communications
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sprint-Nextel_merger_(2005)
gptkb:T-Mobile_merger_(2020)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees 28,500 (2019)
gptkbp:parentCompany SoftBank Group (prior to T-Mobile merger)
gptkbp:products mobile telephony
wireless communications
internet services
gptkbp:revenue $33.6 billion (2019)
gptkbp:roadType gptkb:CDMA
gptkb:WiMAX
gptkb:iDEN
LTE
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol S
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Boost_Mobile
gptkb:Clearwire
gptkb:Virgin_Mobile_USA
gptkbp:successor gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:NYSE:_S
gptkbp:type gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:website www.sprint.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nextel_Communications
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6