Sprint Seeking to Replace Forsee
Oct 5, 2007, 8:51 AM by (staff)
updated Nov 9, 2007, 4:45 PM
Sprint Nextel's board of directors has begun a search for someone to replace current chairman and CEO Gary Forsee. The board and activist shareholder Ralph Whitworth appear to have lost confidence in Forsee after the $35 billion merger with Nextel two years ago has failed to produce positive growth for the company. Instead, Sprint has struggled as the third largest wireless operator in the U.S., ceding customers to AT&T and Verizon Wireless, and experiencing difficulties with the merger. The search began in August. There is no word on when a replacement will me named.
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About time,
Of course they are
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Capacity issues on IDEN/ Poor Customer Service/ PTT Iden/Cdma interoperability
Listed in order of importance.
1. Fix capacity issues immediately to retain Nextel customers.
2. Beef up CDMA coverage and advertise it.
3.I...
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Jsnow said:...
I have to tell ya folks, I love Nextel for it's PTT, and I love Sprint for it's crystal clear voice quality, network reliability and competitive pricing. I think that alot of the struggle that Sprint is having right now
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Customers always say, "everything was great until the merger." Well, hate to break it to you, but a network doesn't turn to crap overnig...
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1. They already...
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I'll take the new blackberry... what do you mean I have to pay full price verizon would give it to me for (insert discount price here)... that's ju...
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qchat and xohm will come out and it will hopefully correct alot of issues network wise and improve things on top of air...
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I switched from Nextel
Market saturation
Platypus said:
π€£ π€£ π€£ π€£ π€£ To bad for sprint..hahahah they do suck indoors just like shock said..back to verizon i went.
That's wonderful for you, but for others, Verizon would be a poor choice...
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Let's be realistic.
Based on the former, you would think I am going to slam dunk SPRINT/NEXT...
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splitchannel said:...
Having only the facts at hand(the headline story), I can say only a few things about this story. First, I knew when SPRINT bought out NEXTEL they would have some issues (big ones). Let's be realistic th
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splitchannel said:
Anyway, I have given enough detail in my commentary to make a point without writing a book however, I know someone will have something smart to say.
My cat's breath smells like cat food
Well said t...
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muchdrama said:
...and it only took them 2 yrs to admit they suck.
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BigShowJB said:
YEAN FOR SPRINT CEO!!!!!!! π π π π
π YESSSSSS!!!!!! π
Sprint Employee
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...Amen.
Maybe they'll pull Tim Donahue out of his yacht on the Panama Canal to come back...
But regardless of WHO it is...it's definitely a step in the right direction.