NEW YORK -- Sprint Nextel Corp. will start shutting down the Nextel part of its network in little more than a year. So what are the folks who use Nextel's walkie-talkie-like push-to-talk function ...

Sprint Nextel's battering in its fourth fiscal quarter was caused by a write-down from its 2005 acquisition of Nextel and a shrinking number of mobile subscribers Sprint Nextel took a battering ...

Sprint and Nextel Communications on Friday formally closed the merger they announced last Dec. 15, forming a mobile telecommunications behemoth called Sprint Nextel. The new company, with about 44 ...

Sprint is close to an agreement to buy Nextel for more than $35 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. A Sprint-Nextel merger, which would combine the No.

Sprint Nextel has announced that industry veteran Dan Hesse will take over as CEO. Hesse will replace Gary Forsee who left in October; CFO Paul Saleh has been serving as interim CEO since then. The 54 ...

Dec 18 - Fitch Ratings maintains the following ratings for Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint Nextel) and its subsidiaries on Rating Watch Positive: Sprint Nextel --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'B+'; ...

Fresh off, uh, fresh rumors that T-Mobile’s making eyes at Sprint, the WSJ is reporting that Sprint is “seriously considering spinning off or selling its ailing Nextel unit.” The Sprint/Nextel hybrid ...

WEB-ONLY Sprint Nextel names new GC Charles Wunsch was named the general counsel and corporate secretary of Sprint Nextel, succeeding Leonard J. Kennedy. Wunsch has been with the company for nearly ...

Sprint Nextel Corp. has recommitted itself to its Nextel business, which the struggling third-place U.S. mobile operator reportedly had considered selling off. When it merged with Nextel in 2005, ...

Tough times continue at Sprint Nextel, as the company said Thursday that three of its top executives are on their way out. CFO Paul Saleh, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Tim Kelly and President of ...

Sprint Nextel is hoping to reinvent its image around a new tagline-- "Sprint ahead"--that ignores Nextel. It will also eliminate the Nextel name from its sponsorship of the main NASCAR racing series, ...