What is Sprint Communications?
Sprint Corporation is doing business as Sprint. It is the United States based public telecommunications services company that was incorporated in the year 1899 by the efforts of Cleyson Brown and Jacob Brown. The company has its headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. It provides a vast range of wireless communications, long distance and Internet services. Sprint Corporation is the parent company of the Boost Mobile LLC, Virgin Mobile USA L.P., Nextel Communications, Inc., and Clearwire Corporation.
Sprint Corporation operates as a part of Softbank Corporation which is one of the leading and largest providers of wireless communications services in Japan. Sprint Corporation is the 3rd biggest wireless network operator in the United States. As of 2012, it generated total revenues of $35.3 billion and served around 55 million subscribers.
The company provides its telecommunications services under the brand names of Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless and Boost Mobile through its subsidiaries. Sprint Corporation has a primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange under symbol "S" and is also a member of S&P 500. It serves in United States, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.