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16.05.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
usa — embarq drops sprint
Embarq, the regional telco spun off from Sprint Nextel in 2006, confirmed that it will end its MVNO deal with its former parent company next year. Embarq is following Qwest Communications lead as the later also ended its resale deal with Sprint recently. Embarq’s finance chief Gene Betts said, ‘the economics and the reach that we were obtaining was not really what we were hoping for’. It has been reported that Embarq had been aiming to reach the one million subscriber mark through its partnership with Sprint, but the reality was just 112,000 wireless customers at the end of 2007.
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
embarq
Embarq Corporation provides, both directly and through wholesale and sales agency relationships, a suite of communications services, consisting of local and long distance voice, data, high-speed Internet, satellite video, wireless and other communication related products and services to consumer and business customers primarily in its local service territories in 18 states. The Company provides access to its local network and other wholesale communications services for customers, including other carriers. Through its Logistics segment, Embarq provides wholesale product distribution, logistics and configuration services. It has operations in Florida, North Carolina, Nevada and Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, New Jersey, Minnesota, Kansas, South Carolina, Washington, Oregon, Nebraska and Wyoming.
qwest
Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) is a provider of voice, data, Internet and video services. The Company operates most of its business within its local service area, which consists of the 14-state region of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The Company operates through three segments: wireline services, wireless services and other services. Qwest’s business customers include local, national and global businesses, governmental entities, and educational institutions. The Company’s wholesale customers are other telecommunications providers that purchase its products and services to sell to their customers or that purchase its access services that allow them to connect their customers and their networks to its network.
sprint nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint Nextel) is a global communication company offering a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses and government customers. The Company conducts its operations through two segments: Wireless and Wireline. The Company, together with three third party affiliates (PCS Affiliates) offers digital wireless service in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands under the Sprint brand name utilizing wireless code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. The Company offers digital wireless services under its Nextel brand name using integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) technology. It also offers wireless services that focus on the youth market, including its Boost Mobile prepaid wireless service on its iDEN network and Boost Unlimited, a local calling prepaid service on its CDMA network. On August 1, 2007, the Company acquired Northern PCS Services, LLC.
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