Sprint Nextel Case Analysis 1. How much goodwill impairment charge did Sprint Nextel report in 2007? During 2007‚ Sprint Nextel recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $29.7 billion in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards‚ or SFAS‚ No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. 2. Why did Sprint Nextel write down their goodwill in 2007? What are some other indicators for goodwill impairment in general? Sprint Nextel wrote down their goodwill in 2007 primarily due
Premium Customer service 2009
Sprint Nextel Major Corporate Events In 2004‚ Sprint and Nextel agreed to a merger worth $35.17 billion dollars. This move took place in a time where mergers were prevalent in the field of telecommunications. “Team up or get smashed” was advice given in a 2004 Business Week article. Prior to the merge‚ Cingular acquired AT&T‚ making them the largest cellular provider in the country; leaving Sprint in third place‚ and Nextel in fifth. In 2005‚ the companies finalized their deal‚ and came forward
Premium
Wireless Networks Competitive Alert News on Alcatel-Lucent competitors Headline: Sprint Nextel and Ericsson reach $5 billion network services agreement July 27th‚ 2009 Details On July 9th‚ Sprint and Ericsson announced a plan for Ericsson to take over Sprint’s fixed and mobile network operations. This deal represents the largest Managed Services contract in North America so far‚ both in terms of contract value and the scale of operations to be managed. This wireless and wireline network
Premium Verizon Wireless
Competition and Analysis The Strategy Analysis of Sprint: Looking Into Its Future A Look at Sprint Sprint is an integrated global communications company that is focused in the US market. In 2003 Sprint earned 26 Billion in revenues with 26 million customers in 100 countries. Sprint is recognized as developing‚ engineering‚ and deploying cutting edge network technologies such as the US’s first all digital‚ fiber optic network. Sprint currently has three main divisions: the long distance
Premium Verizon Wireless Mobile phone United States
Project: Stock Analysis Stock Analysis on Sprint By COMPANY BACKGROUND According to information gathered from the Sprint ’s 10K document for 2012‚ Sprint Nextel Corporation was incorporated in 1938 under the laws of Kansas and over the years has become the third largest operator (53 Million subscribers) in the United States behind AT&T and Verizon. Sprint offers wireless services to subscribers in all states‚ including Puerto Rico‚ and the U.S. Virgin Islands under the Sprint corporate brand
Premium Verizon Wireless
Statement…………………………………………………………………..15 IX. Financial Ratios…………………………………………………………………………………………..16 X. Company Strategy…………………………………………………………………………………….17 XI. Financial Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………….18 XII. Financial Analysis Summary………………………………………………………………………19 | THE COMPANY | Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) is a United States-based global communication company and ranked the third largest telecommunications carrier in the United States that offers a comprehensive
Premium Financial ratio Financial ratios
successful and key to beating any leading competitors. Unfortunately for the Sprint Corporation‚ the numbers in customer growth are not where they need to be in order to keep up with their main competition‚ Verizon‚ AT&T‚ and T-Mobile. Sprint is quickly losing their old customers faster than they can contract new ones. This lack of growth could be for a number of reasons‚ but specifically examined are the pricing wars. It isn’t that Sprint is not doing their part in customer satisfaction or keeping up with
Premium Verizon Wireless Mobile phone Mobile network operator
PEST Analysis for Newspaper Industry Using the PEST analysis to assess the macro environment of the newspaper industryshows that the technology and recession are two of the major factors that have beenaffecting the newspaper industry as well as the socio cultural side. Technology The Internet‚ a powerful and advance technology‚ has changed the model of masscommunication. The Internet has had a major impact on the external environment of thenewspaper industry and has been gradually substituting
Premium Newspaper Advertising Internet
Biomechanical Analysis of Skilled Movement Sprint start INTRODUCTION Sprinting is a dynamic sport‚ the aim is to produce as much power and momentum in order to maximise the speed and velocity in which a sprinter covers a distance of 100 meters. There are many factors that will determine the speed and as a result the time obtained in a race. The start‚ or the sprint start as it is known‚ is a vital part of the 100 meter sprint. It determines how fast the sprinter will be going at the start of the
Premium Velocity Orders of magnitude Classical mechanics
art European air hub at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. In this document I will be covering both a PEST and SWOT analysis of DHL as a company. PEST Analysis of DHL‚ the PEST itself looks into the Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological Factors of a company and its marketing environment. Focusing on the internal environment‚ micro-environment and the macro-environment. Using a PEST analysis should always be considered when entering a new market‚ Launching a new product or service‚ considering
Premium Management United Parcel Service Retailing