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Nextel

COMPANY

Wireless communications provider (paging services, etc.), founded in 1987 by Morgan O'Brien and Brian D. McAuley as Fleet Call, a radio dispatch firm. Name changed in 1993 to Nextel. It was acquired by Sprint in 2005, and the combined company renamed Sprint Nextel.

Official Website:
http://www.nextel.com/

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NASDAQ:NXTL (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Reston, VA

Sales:
$10.8B (2003)

Employees:
17000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Daniel F. Akerson
Business
21-Oct-1948   CEO of General Motors
Nathaniel A. Davis
Business
c. 1954   President of XM Radio
Timothy M. Donahue
Business
1949   CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
Jack A. Markell
Politician
26-Nov-1960   Governor of Delaware
James F. Mooney
Business
c. 1955   Former CFO Americas, IBM
Morgan O'Brien
Business
c. 1944   Co-Founder of Nextel

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Daniel F. Akerson
Business
21-Oct-1948   CEO of General Motors
Keith J. Bane
Business
c. 1940   Former EVP Global Stategy, Motorola
Timothy M. Donahue
Business
1949   CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
Frank M. Drendel
Business
c. 1948   CEO of CommScope
V. Janet Hill
Business
c. 1948   Alexander & Associates
William E. Kennard
Government
19-Jan-1957   FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Morgan O'Brien
Business
c. 1944   Co-Founder of Nextel

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis Franz
Actor
28-Oct-1944   Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue


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