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About Nextel:
- Nextel is a Fortune 300 company based in Reston, VA.
- Approximately 15,000 total employees in the United States.
- Ranked #1 in wireless Internet service satisfaction since January 2002, according to In-Stat/MDR Group.
- A leading provider of fully integrated, wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed, all-digital, wireless network in the country.
- Web-based services provide anywhere access to office or personal email, wireless-enabled Internet sites and company databases.
- International customers travel the globe with Nextel Worldwide service. Nextel Internet-ready global phones operate on the iDEN network in the United States and seamlessly move to GSM in more than 80 countries.
- Currently serve 293 of the top 300 U.S. markets. Through recent market launches, service is available today in areas of the United States where approximately 249 million people live or work.
- Launched the Motorola iBoard in 2001, allowing customers to compose email, manage address books and calendars, and use Java-enabled applicationsall from a wireless phone and fold-away, full-sized keyboard.
- Customers experience crystal clear calls and guaranteed message delivery in a secure environment, no matter where they travel within the Nextel National Network.
- Direct Connect, a digital walkie-talkie service lets customers get right through to business associates, family and friends without placing a phone call.
- Uses a packet-based platform, the integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) technology, developed by Motorola. This all-digital technology provides exceptional sound and transmission quality.
- The power of the Internet keeps customers connected to clients, co-workers and family with text, numeric and two-way messaging.
- Traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol NXTL.
- In conjunction with Motorola, introduced the first Java technology-enabled wireless phones in the United States.
- Mobile professionals can personalize and enhance their phones with the latest business tools and network applicationsand improve the quality of their professional and personal lives.
- Domestic Revenue was $8.7 billion in 2002.
- Serves 95 percent of America's Fortune 500 companies, helping corporations and government enterprises add value through Nextel Wireless Business Solutions and Customer Network Solutions.
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