Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL), now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation, was a telecommunications firm based in the United States best known for providing a nation-wide push to talk mobile communications system. Unlike other cellular providers' networks, Nextel's network operated in the Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) band, and Nextel was one of the first providers in the United States to offer a national digital ce...
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Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL), now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation, was a telecommunications firm based in the United States best known for providing a nation-wide push to talk mobile communications system. Unlike other cellular providers' networks, Nextel's network operated in the Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) band, and Nextel was one of the first providers in the United States to offer a national digital cellular coverage footprint.
Nextel had over 20 million U.S. subscribers, and in 2006, claimed to serve "198 of the top 200 U.S. markets." Nextel offered pre-paid services through the Boost Mobile brand and has established agreements with the Next Mobile brand of the Philippines.
Nextel was headquartered in Reston, a community in Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC.
FleetCall was founded in 1987 by Morgan E. O'Brien, a telecommunication lawyer, and Brian D. McAuley and subsequently changed its name to Nextel Communications in...
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