John Garcia, an executive in charge of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s ( S ) CDMA business, is leaving the company, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Friday. The circumstances of Garcia's departure were not clear, according to the newspaper.
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December 2, 2008 07:36 am
Ricky - I've lived through it all myself as an indirect dealer of Sprint/Nextel for many, many years. More than you. And I am not pro-Nextel. However, it was Sprint that screwed it all up. I'm not going waste even one more second of this. Go get a clue yourself.
November 26, 2008 06:02 am
In response to RB's"Do some research, bud, and get a clue." I have a clue BUD. I spent 14 years with Sprint and lived and died through the merger(not really a merger). I watched everyone Legacy Sprint in my department leave due to poor Nextel managment(which took over Sprint management).And thats not the only example I can give you,but you pro Nextel folks keep thinking what you want.You haven't a clue.Poison.
November 25, 2008 04:09 pm
This comment is for Ricky: Ricky in response to your comment, that has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard out of anyone's mouth that knows even just a little bit about wireless. Sprint's dying because of Nextel? I don't even know how or where to begin. And I'm not really going to bother. Do some research, bud, and get a clue.
November 25, 2008 04:09 pm
I wish the Sprint people would quit crying about Nextel dragging it down. The management team of Nextel was either thrown out before the merger or shortely thereafter. Admit that the value of Direct Connect was underestimated by the exec's at Sprint not Nextel. There were and still are major management issues and theories at that company and it's no wonder customers have left. Sprint admitted long before the merger they didn't know how to manage their people to motivate them in a positive manner and today is not different. How do you keep customers when even your own employees spend the day trying to blame someone else. If Sprint only spent as much time analysing the value of the Nextel product, as they doing blaming it the company could of come out of this mess long ago.Hate to remind you but the merger and the Nextel management team were done long ago. This is the result of people who live in a giant glass house acting like they know how to manage this merger. GROW UP and suck it up. If the Nextel product is such a poor network then why hang on to it as long as Sprint has?
November 25, 2008 06:05 am
WRT the iDEN versus CDMA product successes and the quality of the people who supported each - many of whom were either enticed to leave as a result of the merger or assigned less than effective roles - those in the know know better.
November 24, 2008 01:48 pm
I agree with Mark. Sprint should cut Nextel and the iDEN network loose and go back to adding subscribers instead of loosing them by the millions!
November 24, 2008 01:48 pm
As a former Nextel employee who lived through that merger with Sprint, I can offer this perspective: Nextel was doing fine on it's own. After the purcase, Sprint decided to supress the brand and cut advertising dollars to nill. The problem is it can't compete for data. But if you own a company and all you want is a phone for your workers with no surfing capabilities, it's still the preferred choice because of a fantastic dispatch implementation that still rules the roost. Bosses who don't want to pay for frivolous use of the company phone by employees would do well with Nextel ... if Sprint would just cut it loose and let it compete in the market! At this point, the network has paid for itself, and the equipment might have another 5 to 10 years left in it, cost of maintenance only. (It's the buildout of a network that is the biggest expense.)
November 24, 2008 01:48 pm
Sprint will remain in trouble until they off-load Nextel, and everyone that came along with that abortion.It is like poisoning of a once growing super contender; sure to die if not treated soon.
November 24, 2008 01:48 pm
There's nothing to comment on. This isn't even half a story!