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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 4, 2011 11:51 AM
Just ahead of the big news day from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), one more piece fell into place in the distribution game, it seems. A report emerged that Sprint (NYSE: S), too, will be added to the list of those carriers in the U.S. that will sell the iPhone. What’s more,…
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Sam Gustin
Jul 28, 2011 8:47 AM
Struggling mobile provider *Sprint* Nextel announced a 15-year partnership with LightSquared on Thursday, the wireless venture backed by billionaire Phil Falcone, to help build out its network and share equipment costs. Sprint (NYSE: S) hopes the deal will boost its flagging fortunes as it tries to compete with larger rivals…
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Tom Krazit
Mar 22, 2011 10:41 AM
Just days after AT&T’s stunning announcement of its intent to purchase T-Mobile, the men who would lead the three remaining dominant U.S. wireless carriers exchanged barbs Tuesday over the planned purchase and each other’s business models. Nothing exceptionally new emerged from the discussion, but the battle lines are clearly being…
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David Kaplan
Sep 30, 2010 10:38 AM
Citing new anti-trust rules, 4G broadband provider Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) says that three Sprint (NYSE: S) executives are leaving its board. The departing trio are Sprint CEO Dan Hesse along with Keith Cowan, president of strategy and corporate initiatives, and Steven Elfman, president network operations. In its statement, Clearwire said…
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Tricia Duryee
Jul 29, 2009 12:53 PM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel did not say how well the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre sold during the second quarter, however, it sure didn’t help stem the losses. Sprint Nextel said today it lost a total of 991,000 post-paid customers, which was offset by a gain of 938,000 pre-paid iDen (most…
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Dianne See Morrison
Mar 31, 2009 5:43 AM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s CEO Dan Hesse received compensation in 2008 that an Associated Press analysis of Sprint’s proxy filing with the SEC on Monday valued at $14.2 million, even as subscribers continued to flee the struggling carrier. In 2008, the year Sprint posted a $2.8 billion loss and 4.6…
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Matt Kapko
Sep 19, 2008 6:32 PM
Dan is back. Hesse that is. Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s CEO is going all Hollywood again as the public face of Sprint in a new ad that will begin airing during this Sunday’s Emmy Awards show, WSJ reports. Shortly after Hesse joined the struggling carrier nine months ago he appeared…
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Matt Kapko
Sep 18, 2008 10:21 AM
Dan Hesse’s been on the job at Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel as CEO for nine months and made his first appearance at an investor conference in that role at Goldman Sach’s Communacopia today. Hesse: “Hopefully the events of the last few days won’t make a significant change” to customer decisions,…
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Dianne See Morrison
Sep 17, 2008 7:02 AM
Another interview with Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse, who stepped in nearly a year ago to turn the ailing carrier around. Hesse’s focus on customer service seems to be working—in a recent J.D. Power and Associates study, Sprint actually tied for first place in best customer service in the…
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Tricia Duryee
Aug 6, 2008 11:05 AM
On Sprint’s (NYSE: S) conference call this morning, CEO Dan Hesse outlined some of the changes that are underway at the carrier that is decreasing churn and improving the company’s financial position. And, although progress was made in the second quarter, “we are far from satisfied…We are not in a…
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Tricia Duryee
May 7, 2008 8:22 AM
Dan Hesse has only been CEO of Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel for the last five months but he’s already solved—at least on the surface—one of the company’s most pressing problems—the future of WiMax. Hesse took the lead on this morning’s conference call to explain the $14.5 billion deal to analysts…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 23, 2008 11:53 PM
Who will be the next operator CEO to pop into TV ads? Dan Hesse, the new-ish CEO of Sprint (NYSE: S), has taken the first dip, explaining the new flat-rate plan from the company:
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Tricia Duryee
Feb 28, 2008 9:29 PM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s CEO Dan Hesse confirmed a partnership of some kind with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) may still be in the cards although he wasn’t prepared to elaborate during today’s earnings call. “We have had wide ranging discussions with Clearwire on potential relationships but no final agreements have been…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 28, 2008 7:55 PM
As expected, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel has announced its own unlimited plan, although not quite at the firesale prices some had expected. Instead, they’re throwing in the kitchen sink. The basic offer of the “Simply Everything” plan: unlimited voice, data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct…
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Tricia Duryee
Feb 13, 2008 7:03 PM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, said today it plans to move its headquarters back to Kansas, where it employs 13,000 people in the Overland Park suburb, according to Reuters. CEO Dan Hesse said the company will move only a small number of executives from its current…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Dec 18, 2007 7:49 AM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel has named Dan Hesse, the CEO of Embarq, as its new President and CEO effective immediately. The announcement fills an opening created in early October when former CEO Gary Forsee resigned amid investor and board unrest. Hesse has served as CEO of Embarq since it was…
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