Sprint Corporation

E102679

public company telecommunications company

Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sprint Corporation canonical	12
Sprint	6
Sprint Nextel Corporation	5
Sprint Nextel	2
Sprint (legacy brand under T-Mobile US, later phased out)	1
Sprint Corporation (historical controlling stake)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ
acquired	Nextel Communications ⓘ
acquisitionTarget	Clearwire Corporation ⓘ
brand	Boost Mobile (U.S.) ⓘ surface form: Boost Mobile Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sprint Virgin Mobile ⓘ surface form: Virgin Mobile USA
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defunctDate	2020-04-01 ⓘ
fate	merged with T-Mobile US ⓘ
formerName	Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation
foundedBy	Cleyson Brown ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Overland Park, Kansas ⓘ
industry	telecommunications ⓘ
keyPerson	Marcelo Claure ⓘ
logoText	Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sprint
majorShareholderBeforeMerger	SoftBank Group ⓘ
mergerCompletionDate	2020-04-01 ⓘ
mergerPartner	T-Mobile US ⓘ
networkTechnology	5G System ⓘ surface form: 5G CDMA ⓘ LTE ⓘ
notableMarketingElement	pin-drop advertising theme (historically) ⓘ yellow color scheme ⓘ
offeredPlanType	postpaid wireless plans ⓘ prepaid wireless plans ⓘ
offeredService	long-distance telephone service ⓘ machine-to-machine solutions ⓘ wholesale network access ⓘ wireless broadband ⓘ
origin	Brown Telephone Company ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterMerger	T-Mobile US ⓘ
positionHeldByKeyPerson	Marcelo Claure – CEO ⓘ
predecessor	GTE Sprint ⓘ United Telecommunications ⓘ
servedArea	Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
service	data services ⓘ internet access ⓘ voice services ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ wireline communications ⓘ
status	defunct as independent company ⓘ
stockExchange	New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
tickerSymbol	S ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

T-Mobile Center → namingRightsPreviouslyHeldBy → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

Masayoshi Son → notableInvestment → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

MCI Inc. → competitor → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

T-Mobile US → acquired → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

T-Mobile US → completedAcquisitionOf → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

T-Mobile US → predecessor → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

SoftBank Group → notableInvestment → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Corporation (historical controlling stake)

Sprint Corporation (historic headquarters nearby) → formerName → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

subject surface form: Sprint Corporation

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation

Sprint Corporation (historic headquarters nearby) → brandContinuedAs → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

subject surface form: Sprint Corporation

this entity surface form: Sprint (legacy brand under T-Mobile US, later phased out)

Sprint Center → sponsor → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

Sprint Center → namingRightsHolder → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

Sprint Corporation → formerName → Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation

Sprint Corporation → brand → Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint

Sprint Corporation → logoText → Sprint Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint

Loopt → availableOn → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint

Qwest Communications International → competedWith → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel

MCIP → keyCompetitor → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

subject surface form: MCI Inc.

this entity surface form: Sprint

Gordon Bethune → boardMemberOf → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

NYSE:S → brand → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

subject surface form: Sprint Corporation

this entity surface form: Sprint

NYSE:S → formerName → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

subject surface form: Sprint Corporation

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation

Boost Mobile (U.S.) → formerParentCompany → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel

Boost Mobile (U.S.) → acquiredFrom → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

Nextel Communications → mergedWith → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

Nextel Communications → successor → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation

Nextel Communications → parentCompanyAfterMerger → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation

Busch Light Clash at Daytona (historical) → mainSponsorHistory → Sprint Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint