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Sprint Corporation
Logo of Sprint Nextel.svg
Works for me
Formerly
Brown Telephone Company (1899–1911)
United Telephone Company (1911–1925)
United Telephone and Electric (1925–1938)
United Utilities, Incorporated (1938–1972)
United Telecommunications (1972–1992)
Sprint Nextel Corporation (2005–2013)
Type
Public
Traded as NYSE: S
Russell 1000 Component
Industry Telecommunications
Predecessor SPC
GTE Sprint
US Sprint
Embarq
Nextel Communications
Founded 1899; 119 years ago
Founders Cleyson Brown
Jacob Brown
Headquarters Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Area served
United States, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Key people
Marcelo Claure
(Executive Chairman)
Michel Combes
(CEO)
Products Wireless communications
Internet services
Long distance[1]
Revenue Decrease US$32.18 billion (2016)[2]
Operating income
Increase US$310 million (2016)[2]
Net income
Increase US$(1.99 billion) (2016)[2]
Total assets Decrease US$78.97 billion (2016)[2]
Total equity Decrease US$19.78 billion (2016)[2]
Number of employees
30,000 (Q1 2016)[2]
Parent SoftBank Group Corp. (84%)
Subsidiaries Boost Worldwide, Inc. (Boost Mobile)
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. (Virgin Mobile USA)
Open Mobile (68%)[3]
Website sprint.com
Footnotes / references
[1][4]
Sprint Corporation is an American telecommunications company that provides wireless services and is an internet service provider. It is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States and serves 54 million customers as of October 2017.[5] The company also offers wireless voice, messaging, and broadband services through its various subsidiaries under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless brands, and wholesale access to its wireless networks to mobile virtual network operators. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. In July 2013, a majority of the company was purchased by Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Group Corp.,[6] although the remaining shares of the company continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Sprint uses CDMA, EvDO and 4G LTE networks.
Sprint Corporation
Logo of Sprint Nextel.svg
Works for me
Formerly
Brown Telephone Company (1899–1911)
United Telephone Company (1911–1925)
United Telephone and Electric (1925–1938)
United Utilities, Incorporated (1938–1972)
United Telecommunications (1972–1992)
Sprint Nextel Corporation (2005–2013)
Type
Public
Traded as NYSE: S
Russell 1000 Component
Industry Telecommunications
Predecessor SPC
GTE Sprint
US Sprint
Embarq
Nextel Communications
Founded 1899; 119 years ago
Founders Cleyson Brown
Jacob Brown
Headquarters Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Area served
United States, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Key people
Marcelo Claure
(Executive Chairman)
Michel Combes
(CEO)
Products Wireless communications
Internet services
Long distance[1]
Revenue Decrease US$32.18 billion (2016)[2]
Operating income
Increase US$310 million (2016)[2]
Net income
Increase US$(1.99 billion) (2016)[2]
Total assets Decrease US$78.97 billion (2016)[2]
Total equity Decrease US$19.78 billion (2016)[2]
Number of employees
30,000 (Q1 2016)[2]
Parent SoftBank Group Corp. (84%)
Subsidiaries Boost Worldwide, Inc. (Boost Mobile)
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. (Virgin Mobile USA)
Open Mobile (68%)[3]
Website sprint.com
Footnotes / references
[1][4]
Sprint Corporation is an American telecommunications company that provides wireless services and is an internet service provider. It is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States and serves 54 million customers as of October 2017.[5] The company also offers wireless voice, messaging, and broadband services through its various subsidiaries under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless brands, and wholesale access to its wireless networks to mobile virtual network operators. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. In July 2013, a majority of the company was purchased by Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Group Corp.,[6] although the remaining shares of the company continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Sprint uses CDMA, EvDO and 4G LTE networks.
