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Sprint-Virgin Mobile background of the merger (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Nine months in the making, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced the acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. for $731 million deal on July 28. According to an SEC filing, there was a competing bid from "Company X," which Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB) said would be the company most interested in acquiring...

Posted on October 8, 2009 1:03 PM

Sprint dealmaker dials back into strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (NYSE:S) lead dealmaker has been juggling dual responsibilities for the past six months. But now that the wireless carrier has hired Robert H. Johnson as president of its CDMA business unit, Keith Cowan can turn his focus back to strategy full time. Since November, Cowan, Sprint's head...

Posted on May 12, 2009 11:01 AM

Sprint dealmaker takes on another critical -- albeit interim -- role (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Keith Cowan (pictured), head of strategy and corporate development for Sprint Nextel Corp., is temporarily taking over as president of the company's CDMA wireless network. According to the Kansas City Business Journal, John Garcia, who since March had filled the role, left the company Friday. Garcia had been with Sprint...

Posted on November 24, 2008 4:58 PM

Will Sprint Nextel exec get a big reward for iDEN decision? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s announcement Thursday that it will "rejuvenate" its beleaguered integrated digital enhanced network is another way of saying the company is not selling the wireless systems it obtained from its $35 billion merger with Nextel.The million-dollar question for Sprint Nextel's president of strategic planning and corporate initiatives...

Posted on October 31, 2008 1:23 PM

Connections: July-Aug. 2007 (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Strategizing at Sprint Sprint Nextel Corp. chairman and chief executive Gary Forsee continues to build out his development team. Keith Cowan has joined the company as president of strategic planning and corporate initiatives and will lead a team that includes Jack Dziak, who joined Sprint earlier this year as...

Posted on August 15, 2007 4:50 PM