Embarq

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP.’S OPERATIONAL STRUGGLES sunk to new lows last week as the nation’s No. 3 carrier had its CEO step down and the company reported that it would not …

Sprint Nextel Corp. shares have taken a hit on the news that company would not meet its guidance for the year and that CEO Gary Forsee had stepped down. The …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier–Morgan Stanley cut its price target on Embarq Corp. to …

Embarq Corp., the spinoff company encompassing Sprint Nextel Corp.’s wireline operations, continued to see a decline in access lines but added 18,000 new wireless subscribers during the quarter to reach …

Despite a variety of one-time costs totaling $49 million, Embarq Holdings Co. L.L.C. generated $1.59 billion in revenue and $371 million in income, it announced in results for the first …

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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on …

Lifetime commitment, or just another quickie celebrity Vegas wedding sure to be annulled? Embarq Corp. announced the nuptials of two telephones at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas: …

Regional telecommunications operator Qwest Communications International Inc. pushed its way into positive earnings for the first time in several years, posting profits of $593 million for the year 2006. The …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s local-line spin-off company, Embarq Corp., reported that it doubled its wireless customer base in the fourth quarter and earned consolidated profits of $194 million for the quarter. …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Embarq Corp. plans to offer its wireless customers push-to-talk services and parental controls on a Sanyo Corp. 2400 mobile phone. Embarq, which has a mobile virtual network operator …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Embarq Corp. plans to offer its wireless customers push-to-talk services and parental controls on a Sanyo Corp. 2400 mobile phone. Embarq, which has a mobile virtual network operator …

Two wireless service providers last week began offering their customers handsets that can move between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, moves that mark the first serious attempt at commercially available converged …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Embarq Corp. bumped up its revenue and operating income guidance for 2006, despite increased costs last quarter related to its separation from Sprint Nextel Corp. The local-line company …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Two wireless service providers have begun offering their customers handsets that can move between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, moves that mark the first serious attempt at commercially available converged …

Regional carriers SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. continued to stabilize their operations during the second quarter, while NII Holdings Inc. showed positive growth and recently spun-off Embarq …

Embarq Corp. is setting off into the wide world of telecom, and expecting its ability to offer wireless service to help the company stay afloat. The local landline company, freshly …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Embarq Corp., the former wireline unit of Sprint Nextel Corp., renamed its distribution and supply chain organization Embarq Logistics. The division, previously called Sprint North Supply, offers equipment …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it expects to complete the spinoff of its local telecom business, dubbed Embarq Corp., on May 17. That day, Sprint Nextel expects to distribute to …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. said it expects to complete the spinoff of its local telecom business, dubbed Embarq Corp., on May 17. That day, Sprint Nextel expects to distribute to …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced plans to pay shareholders a 2.5 cents-per-share dividend beginning in the third quarter. The company said its second-quarter dividend payout is expected to total $75 …

WASHINGTON—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s soon-to-be-spun-off local wireline business, Embarq Corp., has filed to issue as much as $4.49 billion in senior notes, according to information from the Securities and Exchange Commission. …

Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes Mid-Missouri’s 27 cell sites and …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The new wireline company to be formed when Alltel Corp. spins off its landline business and merges it with Valor Communications Group now officially has a name: Windstream …

LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week’s United States Telecom Association’s first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas, though a handful of executives touched …