Sprint Wireless

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkbp:acquisitionYear Nextel Communications, 2005
gptkbp:brand gptkb:Boost_Mobile
gptkb:Virgin_Mobile_USA
gptkb:Assurance_Wireless
gptkbp:CEO gptkb:Marcelo_Claure
gptkb:Dan_Hesse
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defunct 2020
gptkbp:founded 1899
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Cleyson_Brown
gptkb:Jacob_Brown
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Overland_Park,_Kansas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sprint Wireless
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
wireless communications
gptkbp:logo Sprint logo.svg
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:T-Mobile_US
April 1, 2020
gptkbp:network gptkb:5G
gptkb:CDMA
LTE
gptkbp:notable_executive gptkb:Marcelo_Claure
gptkb:Dan_Hesse
gptkb:Michel_Combes
gptkbp:notableAcquisition gptkb:Nextel_Communications
gptkbp:notableClient over 50 million (at peak)
gptkbp:notableCompetitor gptkb:AT&T
gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkb:Verizon_Wireless
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sprint-Nextel_merger
gptkb:Sprint-T-Mobile_merger
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Sprint_PCS
gptkb:Sprint_Nextel
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~28,500 (2019)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Brown_Telephone_Company
gptkb:United_Telecommunications
gptkb:Sprint_Corporation
gptkbp:service gptkb:smartphone
internet services
wireless broadband
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:S_(NYSE)
S
gptkbp:successor gptkb:T-Mobile_US
gptkbp:website www.sprint.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dulles_Technology_Corridor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7