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Nextel

Nextel Communications, Inc. was an American wireless service operator that merged with and ceased to exist as a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, which would later be merged with T-Mobile US and folded into that company. Nextel in Brazil, and formerly in Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Philippines, and Mexico, was part of NII Holdings, which was a…

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Major sponsorships

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Merger with Sprint and subsequent events

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Founded
1987; 39 years ago (1987) (as FleetCall)
Founders
Brian McAuley · Morgan E. O'Brien · Peter Reinheimer · Chris Rogers
Industry
Wireless communications
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia, United States
Area served
United States
Defunct
June 12, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-06-12)

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History

Innovations and technologies

Merger with Sprint and subsequent events

Major sponsorships

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Nextel

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples129
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Nextel

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related to history · 25
Nextel → Brian McAuley, Chris Rogers, Craig McCaw, Delaware, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, FleetCall, Governor, In, Initially, Jack Markell, Later, Mark Warner, MHz Specialized Mobile Radio, Morgan, Motorola, Nextel Communications, O'Brien, Other, Peter Reinheimer
related to Push to talk · 16
Nextel → By, Cingular, Due, In, Initial, June, None, QChat, ReadyLink, SIP, Sprint, Sprint PCS, The, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Verizon's
related to Major sponsorships · 14
Nextel → Bruce, ChampCar, Craig McCaw's, In, NASCAR, NASCAR's, NASCAR's Cup Series, Nextel Cup Series, On June, PacWest Racing, Reynolds Tobacco Company, Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Nextel's, Winston
related to iDEN · 13
Nextel → Canada, Integrated Digital Enhanced Network, Latin American, Mike Mobile, Motorola, NII Holdings, Some, Southeast, SouthernLINC Wireless, TDMA, Telus Mobility, The, United States
related to Radio interference · 10
Nextel → August, Before, Due, ESMRs, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, MHz, SMRs/ESMRs, To, United States
related to Innovations and technologies · 8
Nextel → As, DirectConnect, It, Specialized Mobile Radio, The, They, United States, Unlike
related to Merger with Sprint and subsequent events · 7
Nextel → After, August, Florida, Following, Sprint, Sprint's CDMA, Sprint-Nextel
related to WiDEN · 7
Nextel → In, In October, It, Motorola, Sprint, The Motorola, WiDEN
related to External links · 6
Nextel → Historical, Inc, Nextel Communications, Official, SEC, Wayback Machine
Founders · 4
Nextel → Brian McAuley, Chris Rogers, Morgan E. O'Brien, Peter Reinheimer

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sprint communications iden mhz network push-to-talk company united states wireless inc band public fleetcall corporation technology mobile motorola 2005 use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NextelArea servedUnited States1.00infobox
NextelDefunctJune 12, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-06-12)1.00infobox
NextelFateMerged with Sprint Corporation1.00infobox
NextelFormerlyFleetCall (1987–1993)1.00infobox
NextelFounded1987; 39 years ago (1987) (as FleetCall)1.00infobox
NextelFoundersBrian McAuley1.00infobox
NextelFoundersMorgan E. O'Brien1.00infobox
NextelFoundersPeter Reinheimer1.00infobox
NextelFoundersChris Rogers1.00infobox
NextelHeadquartersReston, Virginia, United States1.00infobox
NextelIndustryWireless communications1.00infobox
NextelKey peopleMorgan O'Brien, Chairman (1987–1995), Vice-Chairman (1995–2005)1.00infobox
NextelNet incomeUS$3.000 billion (2004)1.00infobox
NextelNumber of employees19,000 (2005)1.00infobox
NextelOperating incomeUS$3.283 billion (2004)1.00infobox
NextelRevenueUS$13.368 billion (2004)1.00infobox
NextelSuccessorSprint Nextel1.00infobox
NextelTotal assetsUS$22.744 billion (2004)1.00infobox
NextelTotal equityUS$9.408 billion (2004)1.00infobox
NextelTrade nameNextel1.00infobox
NextelTraded asNasdaq: NXTL1.00infobox
NextelTypePublic1.00infobox
NextelWebsitenextel.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-03-28)1.00infobox

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