27 : Sprint Nextel Corp.
| Top 100 Revenue: |
$826,566,079 |
| Defense revenue: |
$250,153,211 |
| Civilian revenue: |
$576,412,867 |
| 2008 revenue: |
$35.6 billion |
| 2008 earnings: |
Loss of $2.8 billion |
| 2007 revenue: |
$40.1 billion |
| 2007 earnings: |
Loss of $29.6 billion |
| Number of employees: |
56,000 |
| Headquarters: |
Overland Park, Kan. |
| President/CEO: |
Dan Hesse, CEO |
| Head of gov't business: |
Bill White, vice president, federal programs |
| Ticker: |
S |
| Lines of business: |
Mobile broadband, GPS & mobile applications, IP convergence, managed services and security, communications continuity solutions, converged network solutions, Sprint relay, Nextel Direct Connect and mobile e-mail |
| Major customers: |
General Services Administration, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Marshalls, Navy, Army, Air Force and Defense Department |
| Major contracts/projects: |
Sprint holds a Networx Enterprise contract. Sprint recently won the Managed Trusted IP Services contract from the General Services Administration. MTIPS meets an Office of Management and Budget mandate for bundled, secure managed Internet access solutions for federal government agencies. |
| Previous Profile: |
2008 |