Tailoring 100G for Metro Networks     by Stephan Rettenberger        Topics: Main | VoIP | Wireless | Undersea Cables | Security | IPTV | MSOs | CDNs  | Ethernet | Mergers  | Financials  | People  | Europe | Canada | China | Japan | Korea | India | Latin America | Archive   Sprint Nextel Completes Merger           Tweet Sprint and Nextel Communications completed their merger, creating a larger company with extensive nationwide spectrum, more than 44 million wireless subscribers with the highest ARPU in the U.S. On a "pro forma" basis, Sprint Nextel reported revenues of $40.8 billion for the year ending December 31, 2004. The combined company has approximately 80,000 employees with its corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and its operational headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. Gary Forsee is the president and chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel and Tim Donahue is executive chairman of the combined company. Sprint Nextel has begun the process of separating the operations of Sprint's local telecommunications business, including consumer, business and wholesale operations, and will seek regulatory approvals to spin off the local telecommunications business to Sprint Nextel shareholders in a tax-free transaction, which is expected to be completed in 2006. The local telecommunications business, led by Daniel Hesse, chief executive officer - designate, will have its own management team and board of directors, consisting of an equal number of designees from Sprint and Nextel. The local telecommunications business, which has approximately 7.5 million local access lines in 18 states and as of June 30, 2005 had revenues of more than $6 billion during the prior 12 months, will be the largest independent local telecommunications company in the United States. It will have commercial operating relationships with Sprint Nextel for mobile and long-distance network services, and will receive certain transitional services, including corporate support functions. Its corporate headquarters will be in the Kansas City metropolitan area. http://www.sprint.com 12-Aug-05     No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Service Provider News Sprint Says Network Vision On Track, LTE by Mid-Year 2/8/2012 AT&T's U-verse App for iPad Offers Wi-Fi Streaming on the Go 2/7/2012 Verizon and Redbox Target VOD 2/6/2012 Hong Kong Completes 2.3 GHz Spectrum Auction 2/6/2012 Sprint Unveils iDen Decommissioning Sites with 4G Rollout Underway 2/4/2012 BT Looks to Double FTTC Speeds to 330 Mbps 2/3/2012 Hutchison Whampoa to Acquire Orange Austria for EUR 1.3 Billion 2/3/2012 U.S. Cellular to Launch LTE Next Month 2/2/2012 India's Supreme Court Cancels 122 Telecom Licenses for 2G 2/2/2012 AT&T and Orange Expand Cisco Telepresence Interconnectivity 2/2/2012 Facebook Connects 483 million Users per Day -- 48% YoY Growth 2/1/2012 Belgacom Offers Alcatel-Lucent’s Application Assurance 2/1/2012 Verizon Wireless and Comcast Launch Joint Marketing 2/1/2012 eircom Seeks Investors or Buyer 2/1/2012 AT&T Announces Executive Line-up Reshuffle 1/30/2012 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web Get Your Column Published Tailoring 100G for Metro Networks by Stephan Rettenberger The "Flattening Effect" and Network Intelligence by Terence Martin Breslin, CEO, and Andy Huckridge, Director of Marketing Focus on a Premium Mobile User Experience by Ray Greenan Service Delivery Networking: The key to 4G Network Success by Ray Vinson What Operators Still Need in Next-Generation Transport by Jimmy Mizrahi It's Time for Mobile-specific Encryption Policies by Brian Tokuyoshi Buy a Subscription Unsubscribe Update email address Our Videos Advertising & Sponsorships Promote a Whitepaper See Back Issues Contact Us