Nextel Communications

E386876

mobile network operator wireless telecommunications company

Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nextel Communications canonical	5
Sprint Nextel	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mobile network operator ⓘ wireless telecommunications company ⓘ
acquired	Clearnet Communications ⓘ Dial Call ⓘ OneComm ⓘ PacTel Cellular ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Cellular
brandPhaseOut	2013 in the United States ⓘ
ceo	Timothy M. Donahue ⓘ
chairman	Timothy M. Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ
competition	AT&T ⓘ surface form: AT&T Wireless T-Mobile US ⓘ surface form: T-Mobile USA Verizon ⓘ surface form: Verizon Wireless
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfNameChange	1993 ⓘ
developedTechnology	iDEN network in partnership with Motorola ⓘ
dissolution	mid-2000s after Sprint merger ⓘ
foundedBy	Brian McAuley ⓘ Chris Rogers ⓘ Morgan O’Brien ⓘ Peter Reinheimer ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Reston ⓘ surface form: Reston, Virginia
inception	1987 ⓘ
industry	telecommunications ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ
keyPartner	Motorola ⓘ
knownFor	Direct Connect push-to-talk feature ⓘ loyal business customer base ⓘ
mergedWith	Sprint Corporation ⓘ
mergerAnnounced	2004 ⓘ
mergerCompleted	2005 ⓘ
networkShutdown	2013 for U.S. iDEN network ⓘ
networkStandard	iDEN network technology ⓘ surface form: iDEN
notableFor	iDEN network technology ⓘ surface form: iDEN push-to-talk network push-to-talk mobile services ⓘ
numberOfSubscribersAtPeak	over 15 million ⓘ
operatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
originalName	Fleet Call ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterMerger	Sprint Corporation ⓘ surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation
servedArea	nationwide U.S. coverage ⓘ
serviceType	business communications services ⓘ mobile data services ⓘ mobile voice services ⓘ push-to-talk ⓘ
spectrumBand	800 MHz SMR ⓘ
stockExchangeListing	NASDAQ ⓘ
successor	Sprint Corporation ⓘ surface form: Sprint Nextel Corporation
targetMarket	business customers ⓘ enterprise customers ⓘ
tickerSymbol	NXTL ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Sprint Corporation (historic headquarters nearby) → acquired → Nextel Communications ⓘ

subject surface form: Sprint Corporation

Sprint Corporation → acquired → Nextel Communications ⓘ

Craig McCaw → founded → Nextel Communications ⓘ

iDEN network technology → wasCommercializedBy → Nextel Communications ⓘ

subject surface form: iDEN

Alltel → competitor → Nextel Communications ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sprint Nextel

Boost Mobile (U.S.) → formerParentCompany → Nextel Communications ⓘ