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Exits: Sprint Nextel board members are on the hunt ...

Published: October 4, 2007, 8:59 pm

Tags: At Amp T, Exits, Gary Forsee, Ralph Whitworth, Sprint, Verizon

Sprint Nextel board members are on the hunt for a new CEO to replace Gary Forsee. Sprint has been losing out to AT&T and Verizon in signing up new customers and recently lost the confidence of investor Ralph Whitworth, who owns almost 2 percent of the company. WSJ]

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Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief

Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Investors, Critical, Sprint S, Chief, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Michael Nelson, Ralph Whitworth, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon Communications Inc, Len Lauer, Miami Beach, Patrick Comack, Reston

Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee is facing intensifying pressure from shareholders to improve the company's financial health, causing several analysts to speculate that he may be forced to step down in the coming months.

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Sprint: The Sprint CEO troubles have come to a head ...

Published: October 8, 2007, 6:42 pm

Tags: Ceo, Forsee, Nextel, Sprint

The Sprint CEO troubles have come to a head as CEO, Chairman and President Gary Forsee resigns. Too bad he didn't forsee some better business decisions. [PC World]

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Exits: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee is quitting effective ...

Published: October 8, 2007, 5:56 pm

Tags: Exits, Gary Forsee, Nextel, Sprint

Sprint CEO Gary Forsee is quitting effective immediately and Sprint has adjusted its financial guidance downwards. The company's board has been looking at outside candidates, so feel free to submit your resume. [WSJ]

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gary forsee

Published: October 8, 2007, 8:22 pm

Tags: Gary Forsee

from Google - 10/2007Gary D. Forsee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGary D. Forsee is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Nextel Corporation (2005 - ). He took the reins of the telecommunications corporation ...en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_D._Forseeclipped from Google - 10/2007Gary Forsee Profile - Forbes.comGary

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Forsee: WiMaxed Out

Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Forsee, Wimaxed, Out, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Jean Marie Messier, Philip Cusick, Vivendi Sa, Wall Street, At Amp T Inc, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Mike Nelson, Patrick Comack, Reston, United States

Perhaps someday, WiMax will be the key to turning around Sprint Nextel, the beleaguered Reston cellphone company. Perhaps someday, consumers will walk and drive across the country, enjoying uninterrupted, high-speed Internet service, watching video, e-mailing and talking on the phone over the Web...

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See ya, Gary Forsee. Sprint CEO steps down.

Published: October 9, 2007, 3:13 pm

Tags: Sprint, Services, Announcements, Ceo, Forsee, Sprint, Wimax, Xohm

the head of the table. Gary Forsee is no longer CEO of Sprint. Sprint will look to CFO Paul Saleh as the interim CEO until the board of directors can find a suitable replacement for a fulltime CEO. James Hance, Jr. will be acting chairman until a replacement is found. So, the question is what will happen to Sprint’s WiMAX venture, dubbed

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Sprint Shuffle Squeezes Intel

Published: October 11, 2007, 7:03 am

Tags: Gary Forsee, Intel, Nextel, Speeds Users, Sprint, Starting, Technology, Wimax, Wireless, Xohm

"The biggest long-term impact of Gary Forsee's departure as CEO and chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. read more

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Talk of Returning Headquarters to Kansas Ripples Through Sprint

Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Talk, Returning, Headquarters, Kansas, Ripples, Through, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Reston, Overland Park, Gary Forsee, Northern Virginia, Paul Saleh, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc, The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore, Christopher King, Kansas City Metropolitan

For more than a year, leaders of Sprint Nextel have discussed the possibility of relocating the company's headquarters from Reston to Sprint's longtime home in Kansas, according to two former executives.

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Interim Sprint CEO Sets Out To Restore Company's Focus

Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Interim, Sprint, Ceo, Sets, Out, Restore, Company S, Focus, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Paul N Saleh, Kansas, Wall Street, William V Power, Honeywell International Inc, Facebook Inc, Robert W Baird Amp Co Inc, The Walt Disney Company, Baltimore, Chicago, Gary Forsee, North

Sprint Nextel's interim chief executive acknowledged yesterday that the company had lost focus, and he vowed to rally its beleaguered workforce.

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Carlyle Considered Buying Out Sprint

Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Carlyle, Considered, Buying, Out, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Colin Blaydon, Gary Forsee, At Amp T Inc, Cowen Group Inc, Global Telecommunications, Pine Creek Partners, The Carlyle Group Llc, Verizon Communications Inc, Bill Conway, Bill Kennard, Daniel Akerson

A year ago, just after its first anniversary as a combined company, Sprint Nextel appeared ripe for the picking.

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Sprint is considering a spinoff of its WiMax ... [Wireless]

Published: November 2, 2007, 6:09 pm

Tags: Clearwire, Gary Forsee, Sprint, Wimax, Wireless

to replace ousted exec Gary Forsee and is looking to staunch its bleeding of customers. [WSJ]

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Sprint and WiMax startup Clearwire have ended ... [Wireless]

Published: November 9, 2007, 5:57 pm

Tags: Clearwire, Gary Forsee, Sprint, Wimax, Wireless

Sprint and WiMax startup Clearwire have ended plans to form a joint venture. Supposedly the "complexities of the transaction" and the ouster of Sprint CEO Gary Forsee torpedoed the deal. This leaves a nationwide WiMax rollout for either company very much up in the air. [WSJ]

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Sprint, Clearwire Call Off WiMax Network Partnership

Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Sprint, Clearwire, Call, Off, Wimax, Network, Partnership, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Ben Wolff, Intel Corporation, Motorola Inc, Technology Research Corporation, Baltimore, Chicago, Craig Mccaw, George West, Kirkland Washington, Michael Nelson, Mountain View C

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire said yesterday they were calling off their joint plan to build a national high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology, dealing another blow to Sprint as it struggles to regain its footing.

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No Cultural Merger At Sprint Nextel

Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am