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Nextel. Nextel Communications, Inc. was an American wireless service operator that merged with and ceased to exist as a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, which would later be bought by T-Mobile US and folded into that company. Nextel in Brazil, and formerly in Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Philippines, and Mexico, [3] is part of NII Holdings, a ...
Sprint Corporation. Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company. Before being acquired by T-Mobile US on April 1, 2020, it was the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States, serving 54.3 million customers as of June 30, 2019. [2]
NASCAR playoffs. The NASCAR playoffs, formerly officially known as the Chase for the Nextel/Sprint Cup (Nextel from 2004-2007, Sprint from 2008-2016), is a championship playoff system used in NASCAR 's three national series. The system was founded as 'The Chase for the Championship' [1] on January 21, 2004, and was used exclusively in the ...
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its ...
Brian McAuley (born 1941) is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Nextel Communications. [ 1][ 2] In 1987, McAuley was a cellular executive when he and lawyer Morgan O'Brien founded Fleet Call, a telecom company, in New Jersey. [ 3] It was renamed Nextel Communications in 1993, and grew rapidly with the support of Motorola, before merging ...
NII Holdings, Inc. (formerly Nextel International) was an American holding company that, through its subsidiary Nextel Telecomunicações Ltda., provided mobile communications services under the Nextel brand in Latin America. [ 4] NII last operated 3G UMTS / HSDPA and 4G LTE networks in Brazil, and also operated an iDEN network there until its ...
The 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series was the 59th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 36th modern-era Cup series. Beginning on February 10 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout , the season ended on November 18 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400 .
Craig McCaw. Craig McCaw (born August 11, 1949) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, a pioneer in the cellular phone industry. He is the founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation (now part of T-Mobile via the Sprint acquisition).