COMPANY

Wireless communications provider (paging services, etc.), founded in 1987 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel F. Akerson	Business	c. 1948		The Carlyle Group
Nathaniel A. Davis	Business	c. 1954		President of XM Radio
Timothy M. Donahue	Business	1949		CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
James F. Mooney	Business	c. 1955		Former CFO Americas, IBM

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel F. Akerson	Business	c. 1948		The Carlyle Group
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

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis Franz	Actor	28-Oct-1944		Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue

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