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Nextel Communications


Self Description

September 2004: "Nextel Communications, a FORTUNE 200 company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country covering thousands of communities across the United States. Today, 95 percent of FORTUNE 500 companies are Nextel customers.

Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. currently serve 296 of the top 300 U.S. markets where approximately 253 million people live or work."

http://www.nextel.com/about/corporateinfo/profile.shtml

Third-Party Descriptions

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Status/Name Change to Sprint Nextel Organization Nov 19, 2005
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Founded/Co-Founded by Morgan O'Brien Person Jan 9, 2007

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jun 13, 2009 Employees May Be Taxed for Texting If IRS Updates Work Cellphone Rules

QUOTE: ...IRS would more strictly enforce an existing law that classifies company-issued cellphones as a taxable benefit -- an idea decried by employers and wireless companies who argue that mobile phones are now essential tools in the workplace...

 Washington Post
Sep 14, 2006 HP board flap raises wider privacy issues: This week's top-level spying spat hits on a legal gray area.

QUOTE: Security firms hired by Hewlett-Packard had apparently used a dubious technique known as "pre-texting" - posing under false pretenses to obtain phone records of board members and news reporters

 Christian Science Monitor
Jul 09, 2004 FCC's Powell Stands Up to Verizon Threat

QUOTE: Under the deal, Nextel will get its new spectrum, but not without paying...more than it had previously offered and anticipated...but none of that was good enough for Verizon, which will accept nothing less than total victory.

 Washington Post
Jun 02, 2004 Verizon Needs To Duke It Out In the Market

QUOTE: Everyone knows the Washington game involves negotiating hard, stretching the truth a bit, buying access and making selective use of litigation. But one company, Verizon Communications, has decided to take this all to a disturbing extreme...

 Washington Post