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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

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

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