Sprint Nextel Corporation

Landline (in order of size). Although Youngman's jest suggests that the list of holidays for a non-believer would necessarily be the "empty set", many non-believers honor various holidays and "holy" days, and those of one faith often honor holidays of other faiths. Wireless (in order of size). Referring to the original meaning of the term, Henny Youngman included this joke among his vast catalog of one-liners:. Sprint Nextel also holds naming rights to the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Christopher Columbus, who has arrived in the New World just moments earlier, tells a Native American that he wants to cash a check... It is expected that the name of the series will be changed to the Sprint Cup for 2007. One example of this fact is revealed by the assumption inherent in this bit of dialogue from the 1961 musical-comedy album, Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Volume One.

Sprint Nextel is the major title sponsor of NASCAR’s top racing series, called the NEXTEL Cup. Some holidays that were once widely celebrated are less so today, for various reasons. Below are some of those companies which Sprint Nextel has agreed to acquire:. Some are designed to promote a cause, others recognize historical events not recognized officially, and others are "funny" holidays are generally intended as humorous distractions and excuses to share laughs among friends. In several cases the newly formed company was forced to acquire affiliated companies in exchange for them dropping their opposition of the merger. These are holidays celebrated by various groups and individuals. Some had even threatened to push for the outright blocking of the merger.[3] In order for Sprint Nextel to allay some of this opposition by affiliates, they were forced to initiate discussions of either acquiring some of these affilates or renegotiate existing agreements. Other secular holidays not observed internationally:.

Following the announcement of the merger agreement, some of of these affiliates came forward with a strong opposition to the Sprint Nextel merger on the grounds that the merged company may violate existing agreements or significantly undercut earnings to these affiliates. Many other days are marked to celebrate events or people, but are not strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given. Prior to the merger, the Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications were dependent on a network of affiliated companies. They are:. NII Holdings owns Nextel-branded networks in many Latin American countries, under license by Sprint Nextel, which owns 18% of that company. With the winter holidays, come various different greetings appropriate for each holiday or the entire season. According to documentation filed earlier by Sprint, iDEN was, at that time, to be sold. In some Christian countries, the end of the festive season is considered to be after the feast of Epiphany, although this has only symbolic value.

By 2010, Sprint Nextel plans to absorb the Nextel brand into the Sprint PCS brand. Usually, this festive period begins near the end of November and ends with New Year's Day on January 1, reflecting traditional pagan celebrations of the period around the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Currenty Sprint PCS has a push-to-talk service called ReadyLink which is based on the SIP VoIP protocol but cannot currently make or receive calls with the iDEN based PTT system. Except in North America, the phrases "holiday season" and "holiday period" usually mean the summer months when most people take their annual holiday ("vacation" in North American English), and phrases such as the "festive period" are used to describe the period around Christmas and New Year. The new push to talk platform will be based on Qualcomm's Qchat product, which has been under development between Nextel and Qualcomm since January 2002. In many Western countries, the winter holiday season is a period of time surrounding Christmas. The push-to-talk feature with which Nextel has gained its fame is also expected to be released on the CDMA network in 2006 when Sprint deploys their successor to the first phase of their high speed wireless network EV-DO. The Catholic fiestas patronales are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints.

However, Sprint Nextel has assured its customers that both the current iDEN and CDMA technologies will continue to be supported and that dual-band phones are being researched to work on both networks simultaneously. In the order of the Wheel of the Year:. Initially, speculation that current Nextel subscribers would be required to replace their existing handsets due to incompatibility between Nextel technology and Sprint technology was put forth. Well-known consecutive holidays include:. subscribers, particularly popular in the south. In late 1990s, the Japanese government passed a law that increased the likelihood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays from fixed days to a relative position in a month, such as the second Monday. The Nextel brand has over 18.5 million U.S. They tend to be considered a good chance to take short trips.

A downside of this sole-source (Motorola) and proprietary standard has been a lack of innovation in handset size and weight, compared to mobile telephony industry trends, though this too is changing. Consecutive holidays are a string of holidays taken together without working days in between. Some of Nextel's special features include its push to talk feature, which simulates the half-duplex operation of a two-way radio. "Legal holiday" is not a term used outside the United States. Unlike other cellular operators, Nextel utilizes the specialized mobile radio band (SMR) and was one of the first operators in the United States to offer a national digital cellular coverage footprint. "Public Holiday" is the term used in Australia and "Bank Holiday" in the UK, although some industries in the UK work through Bank Holidays. Nextel is the former wireless brand of NEXTEL Communications, and it operates on Motorola's iDEN protocol that uses time division multiple access (TDMA) technology. Public holidays can be either religious, in which case they reflect the dominant religion in a country, or secular, in which case they are usually political or historical in character.

SprintPCS also offers WiFi 802.11 service in some major airports, cafes, hotels and convention centers. A public holiday or legal holiday is a holiday endorsed by the state. Sprint also has more roaming agreements then any other US carrier, *offering service in more then 150 countries World Wide. . Giving them the largest coverage area of any US carrier.
. Along with 295 Million through roaming agreements (290 Million with a Digital Only phone). A holiday can also be a special day on which school and/or offices are closed, such as Labor Day.

Sprint also covered over 250 Million people in the US on it's own native network. In Canada and the United States, a Holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity. At the end of Q105, there were Sprint 28 million wireless subscribers. However, some Canadians (especially those of English or Irish decent) will use both the terms vacation and holiday interchangeably when referring to a trip away from home or time off work. (See Merger of Sprint and NEXTEL section above) [2]. "I'm going on holiday to Malta next week"), the North American equivalent being "vacation". Alamosa PCS is the largest of its affiliate carriers, the others are Ubiquitel, iPCS, Shentel, Enterprise, Northern PCS, and Swiftel. In most of the English-speaking world a holiday is also a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g.

In most cases, these affiliate carriers are transparent to the end user or consumer. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day. In exchange, the smaller companies receive usage of Sprint's brand, radio spectrum, customer service and billing. Based on the words holy and day -, holidays originally represented special religious days. These smaller companies, in agreement with Sprint, build network infrastructure as well as operate retail stores. The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. Sprint Nextel maintains its nationwide PCS presence with the help of affiliates. Native: "Columbus Day!".

Qualcomm collects royalties for anything related to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). Columbus: "Oh? Why?". GSM's upgrade path of UMTS *Wide-Band Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) is based on the CDMA protocal. Banks closed.". CDMA 1X data speeds can reach 144 Kbps, while EV-DO has speeds of 2 Mbps. Native: "You out of luck today. The speeds will be slower on the 1X network though. Tax Freedom Day (calculated by dividing the tally of all taxes collected in each year by a tally of all income, and applying it to the calendar).

Unlike Verizon's EV-DO offering, Sprint's Power Visions content is available off of Sprint's EV-DO network. Sinkie Day (The Day After Thanksgiving). It is currently being offered in 41 states in the US. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism Holy Day (every Friday). Sprint's EV-DO (Power Visions) offering includes Sprint TV, Sprint Radio (Both Streaming and SIRIUS Satellite Music ) Stations, Sprint's Music Store, Sprint On-Demand, Unlimited Web Access, Video and Picture Mail, Wireless Chat, Games and More. Blame Someone Else Day (first Friday the 13th of the year). They expect to spend over two and one half billion dollars upgrading the existing network to EV-DO technology. Christmahanukwanzakah (the holiday season in general, a holiday made out of a marketing campaign invented by Virgin Mobile during the 2004 holiday season.).

Sprint is currently rolling out a higher speed wireless network using EV-DO technology. Festivus (23 December). The Sprint PCS network operates a 3G wireless network, using the 1xRTT standard, which is part of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard. Mole Day (23 October). Sprint PCS is the main wireless brand of Sprint Nextel, and was the main brand of the former Sprint Corporation. Brick Day (15 October). The company also continues to reinforce the idea of a combination of brand strengths on several levels of marketing including a voice over exclaiming "Sprint, together with Nextel" or "Nextel, together with Sprint" as a way to play on the idea of a merger of equals. October Fool's Day (1 October) (Southern Hemisphere version of April Fool's Day).

[1]. Ask a Stupid Question Day (28 September). The logo is a blend of the former Sprint "pin drop" marketing image as well as the colors of Nextel's bright yellow and black logo design with its cellular service level bars that, from past marketing would get 'typed' from a single vertical black line. International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 September). The new logo of the Sprint Nextel Corporation was one of the first attempts at seamlessly meshing the initial brands of both the Sprint Corporation and NEXTEL Communications. National Underwear Day (11 August). On September 1, 2005, Sprint Nextel combined plan offerings of its Sprint PCS and Nextel brands to bring more uniformity across the company's offerings. National Talk In Elevators Day (last Friday of July).

Analysts speculate that Sprint Nextel will acquire additional affiliates. Pi Approximation Day (22 July). In 2005, Sprint Nextel acquired three of its wireless affiliates, US Unwired (deal closed in August), Gulf Coast Wireless (deal closed in October), and IWO Holdings (deal closed in October). Evoloterra (20 July celebrates the first manned Moon Landing). The new local phone company will be the fifth largest local exchange carrier in the United States (under the Baby Bells) and the largest independent local provider, serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance and high-speed data services to residential and business customers. X-Day (5 July in the Church of the SubGenius). Sprint Nextel is expected to spin off its local telephone division into a separate company officially named Embarq Corporation and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EQ. Bloomsday (16 June based on James Joyce's novel Ulysses).

Sprint Nextel has also announced other upcoming MVNO partnerships, including ESPN, Movida Wireless, and Disney. No Pants Day (first Friday of May). Current MVNOs using the PCS network to provide coverage include Virgin Mobile, EarthLink, Working Assets, Telispire, Excel Wireless, STI Mobile, Liberty, Powernet Global, Platinum Tel, ConnexOne, and Qwest. 24-hour Comics Day (24 April). The MVNOs resell wireless services using their own brand. Towel Day (25 May) (a tribute to the late Douglas Adams). Sprint Nextel wholesales capacity on its PCS wireless network to companies called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO); this means the MVNO uses the Sprint PCS network for coverage. International Cannabis Day (20 April).

Sprint Nextel also offers pre-paid services through the Boost Mobile brand, and it provides services in the Philippines through the Next Mobile brand. Pi Day (14 March). It is also a provider of landline, long distance, business telecommunications, and Tier 1 internet service provider under the name SprintLink. International Dadaism Month (4 February, 1 April, 28 March, 15 July, 2 August, 7 August, 16 August, 26 August, 18 September, 22 September, 1 October, 17 October, 26 October). Sprint Nextel currently offers cellular phone service under its Sprint PCS and Nextel brands. Wintereenmas (25 January through 31 January). Nextel is known for its free incoming call plan. Paper Hat Day (4 January).

Other affiliates have also filed lawsuits against Sprint Nextel. Holidays originating in ancient Latvia. Sprint Nextel has made a settlement with an affiliate named Ubiqutel that Sprint won't be providing any Nextel service within the Ubiqutel service limits. Sweetest Day (third Saturday in October, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan in the United States). These regional affiliates felt that the new company would be violating non-compete agreements that the former companies had made with the affiliates. Queen's Day (30 March in the Netherlands). Sprint and NEXTEL both faced opposition to the merger, mostly from regional affiliates that provide wireless services on behalf of the companies. Pioneer Day (24 July in Utah, United States).

Sprint Nextel was officially formed on August 12, 2005, when the deal was completed. Patriot's Day (third Monday in April in Massachusetts and Maine, United States). The FCC placed a condition on the merger that Sprint Nextel is to provide wireless service within the 2.5 GHz band within the next four years. Mother-in-Law's Day (fourth Sunday in October, where?). Department of Justice on August 3, 2005. Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January in the United States). The merger deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Loyalty Day (1 May in the United States).

Sprint and NEXTEL shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger on July 13, 2005. Lee-Jackson-King Day (20 January) Combined holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000. 5 leading providers in the US mobile phone industry. Independence day (observed by many different countries at different dates). 3 and No. Labour Day (Many European countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1). At the time of the merger announcement Sprint and NEXTEL were the No. Labor Day (a United States federal holiday that takes place on the first Monday of September).

While billed as a merger of equals, the transaction was actually the purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint Corporation. Groundhog Day (2 February in United States and Canada). On December 15, 2004, Sprint and NEXTEL announced they would merge to form Sprint Nextel Corporation. Grandparent's Day (Sunday after September Labor Day - proclaimed in the United States by Jimmy Carter in 1978). NEXTEL was formerly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker "NXTL". Flag Day (14 June in the United States). Mark Warner, a former Virginia Governor and possible 2008 presidential candidate was one of the company's co-founders. Boxing Day (26 December in the Commonwealth of Nations).

In 1995, wireless pioneer Craig McCaw became a significant investor in the company. International Women's Day (8th of March, particularly in Eastern European Countries). O'Brien, a Washington, DC, communications attorney, and changed its name to NEXTEL Communications in 1993. United Nations holidays. NEXTEL was founded as FleetCall in 1987 by Morgan E. Halloween (31 October). In 2005, Sprint merged by buying out competitor Nextel, forming Sprint Nextel,. Father's Day (third Sunday in June; 19 March, others; 8 August, Republic of China).

(FON meaning "Fiber Optic Network", which was Sprint's bragging right.). World Ocean Day (8 June). In April 2004, the separately traded wireless tracking stock, "PCS", was absorbed into the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) "FON" ticker, Sprint's former ticker. Mother's Day (second Sunday in May in North America, fourth Sunday in Lent in UK). In 2003, Sprint began recombining their local telecom, long distance, wireline, and wireless business units into a new company, marketing the combined company as "One Sprint". Labour Day, Worker's Day or May Day (1 May, most countries - United States and Canada are prominent exceptions). However the deal did not go through because of pressure from the United States Department of Justice and the European Union on concerns of it creating a monopoly. Earth Day (22 April).

The deal would have been the largest corporate merger in history at the time. April Fool's Day (1 April). On October 5, 1999 Sprint and MCI WorldCom announced a $129 Billion dollar merger agreement between the two companies. Astronomy Day (date varies depending on cycle of Moon). In 1995, the company began to offer wireless service under the Sprint PCS brand. Leap Day (29 February, every four years). That same year United Telecom changed its name to Sprint (dropping the US). Valentine's Day (14 February).

In 1991 United Telecom completed its acquisition of US Sprint. Perihelion (3-6 January, depending on year and location). In 1989 United Telecom purchased controlling interest in US Sprint. Happy Winter. This was a partnership owned by GTE and United Telecom. Happy Thanksgiving. In 1986, Sprint was merged with US Telecom (the long distance arm of United Telecom) to form US Sprint. Happy Solstice.

Southern Pacific Communications became part of GTE in 1982. Happy New Year. Some claim it was a acronym for "Southern Pacific Railroad Information NeTwork or Switched PRIvate Network Telecommunications.". Happy Kwanzaa. According to company employees, Sprint was a name chosen by a contest sponsored within the company by Rex Hollis, the VP of Marketing at the time. Joyous Yule. Prior attempts at offering long distance service were disapproved by the Federal Communications Commission, though the company's fax service (SpeedFAX) had been permitted. Happy Holiday(s).

The Railroad had extensive rights of way that could be used to lay long-distance communications. Season's Greetings. Southern Pacific Communications Company (SPCC), a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad began offering their dial-up service shortly after the Execunet II decision late in 1978. Happy Hanukkah. That company changed its name to United Telecommunications in 1972, as it began to offer a more diversified product range. Merry Christmas (sometimes referenced in Spanish or French as Feliz Navidad and Joyeux Noel). In the mid 20th century, Brown changed its name to United Utilities. Preceded by New Year's Eve on 31 December, which is celebrated with festivities in anticipation of New Year's Day.

The company was a landline telephone company that operated as a competitor to the Bell System. New Year's Day - (1 January) — Holiday observing the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. The Sprint Corporation was founded in 1899 by Cleyson Brown under the Brown Telephone Company in the small town of Abilene, Kansas. In many European countries it is also a holiday, called St Stephen's Day or the second day of Christmas. . Boxing Day (26 December) — Holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. The company maintains operational headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. It was created in 1966.

The new company, formerly known as Sprint Corporation, was created from the $35 billion purchase of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint, though the entire deal was billed as a merger of equals. Kwanzaa (USA) - (26 December - 1 January) — Holiday observance held from December 26 to January 1 honoring African-American heritage, primarily in the United States. It also operates landline and long distance business, as well as several units that provide businesses and governments with communications services. Christmas is also celebrated as a secular gift-giving holiday; other observances include the decoration of trees and houses. With 45.6 million subscribers, under the Sprint PCS and Nextel brands—behind Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Christmas Day - (25 December) — Christian holiday commemorating the traditional birth-date of Jesus. based on total wireless customers. Hanukkah - (26 Kislev - 2/3 Tevet - almost always in December) — Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of Seleucid forces who had tried to prevent Israel from practising Judaism, and also celebrating the miracle of the Menorah lights burning for eight days with only enough (olive) oil for one day.

It operates the third largest wireless network in the U.S. It is celebrated by many as a secular holiday, and marks the beginning of the American "holiday season". With a combined market cap of *$68.99 billion as of early 2006. It is traditionally celebrated with a meal shared among friends and family in which turkey is eaten. Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, VA, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the World. Thanksgiving - (fourth Thursday in November in USA, second Monday in October in Canada) — Holiday generally observed as an expression of gratitude, traditionally to God, for the autumn harvest. Qwest. Birth of Bahá'u'lláh.

Verizon. Birth of the Báb. AT&T (recent merger of SBC and AT&T). Martyrdom of the Báb. Cellular. Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. U.S. Declaration of the Báb.

Alltel. 12th Day of Ridvan. T-Mobile. 9th Day of Ridvan. Verizon Wireless. 1st Day of Ridván. Cingular. Naw Ruz (Bahá'í New Year).

Once completed the Nextel Partners deal will add more than 2 million customers directly to the Sprint Nextel company. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). [8]. Tu Bishvat (New year of the trees). [7] finally reach an agreement for a $6.5B deal where the Sprint Nextel Corporation will acquire the largest of Nextel's affilates to end Nextel Partners' opposition to any changes by Sprint in relation to the NEXTEL merger. Tisha B'Av. December 21, 2005: Sprint Nextel Corporation and Nextel Partners, Inc. Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles).

[6] - (velocitawireless.com). Shavuot (Pentecost). The transaction will enhance the iDEN network's 900 MHz spectrum position. Rosh Hashanah (New Year). December 16, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces acquisition of non-affiliate Velocita Wireless. Purim (Based on the events in the Biblical book of Esther). December 16, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces a $98 million agreement to acquire Enterprise Communications of Columbus, Georgia, thus adding over 52,000 customers to the company's PCS Wireless division.[5]. Passover.

Potentially adding an additional 1.48 million customers to Sprint Nextel. Lag Ba'omer. acquisition agreement for Texas-based Sprint PCS affilate Alamosa Holdings. Hanukkah (also: Chanukah; the Festival of Lights). November 21, 2005: Sprint Nextel announces a $4.3B. Ramadan. (With that closing on October 3, 2005). Festival of Muharram.

Another acquisition forced by Gulf Coast Wireless, added an additional 95,000 customers mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi to Sprint Nextel's CDMA network. Eid ul-Adha, Greater Bairam. (This acquisition closed on October 20, 2005.). Eid ul-Fitr, Lesser Bairam