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 Communications.Jeff Gardner, Alltel’s former chief financial officer, is set to be the president and...
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 on expanding wireless services during keynote addresses. Despite lacking the name cache of more...
LAS VEGAS—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s local phone service spin-off, Embarq, plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator later this year, according to Embarq’s chief executive officer-to-be, Dan Hesse. Hesse told attendees during a keynote address at the TelecomNext conference of Embarq’s MVNO intentions, which...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s local communications company, which is scheduled to be spun off from the rest of the company in the second quarter, has selected its name and logo. Embarq, which will officially be known as Embarq Corp., expects to trade on...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s local communications company, which is scheduled to be spun off from the rest of the company in the second quarter, has selected its name and logo. Embarq, which will officially be known as Embarq Corp., expects to trade on...
