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Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Featuring the Sprint PCS Network and Nextel phones for wireless telecommunications inlcuding Sprint PCS Vision, GPS tracking,. With 51. 7 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Sprint is a global Tier 1 Internet carrier, and, as such, makes up a portion of the Internet backbone. In the United States, the company also operates the largest wireless broadband network and is the third largest long distance provider.

The company was created in 2005 by the $35 billion purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint Corporation. sprint cellular phone service. In 2006, the company spun-off its local landline telephone business, naming it Embarq and also completed the $6. 5 billion acquisition of Nextel Partners, one of its largest affiliates, which primarily provides Nextel wireless services to more rural markets.

Sprint Nextel is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and maintains operational and engineering offices in Overland Park, Kansas. Both internally and externally, Sprint is an acceptable short name for the company.