Sprint Nextel Hires Wireless Veteran Bob Johnson To Head CDMA Business (USA) May 13, 2009
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Sprint Nextel has appointed Bob Johnson to the position of president of its CDMA business unit, which continues to lose subscribers despite having a strong restructuring plan in place. Johnson replaces Keith Cowan, who was serving as interim president of Sprint’s CDMA business unit. Cowan will now be president of Spring’s strategy and corporate development, and lead the company’s overall strategic planning.Johnson, 55, will be in charge of Sprint’s postpaid consumer marketing and sales, including acquisition, growth and marketing, as well as the more than 11,000 retail locations. Johnson most recently served as COO of Sotto Wireless, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company he co-founded. The company focused on offering wireless phones as a replacement for landline phones for small businesses. The company shut down earlier this year after it failed to get enough traction. Before that, he served 16 years as a key executive at AT&T Wireless, including as EVP of the company’s marketing, sales and customer service functions. Prior to joining AT&T, Johnson worked at McCaw Cellular Communications. Johnson will start on May 20, and will likely be easily confused with another Bob Johnson, who currently serves as Chief Service Officer.
Sprint will have large job cuts in 2009 December 9, 2008
Posted by aikservices in CDMA, GSM, Mobile, Sprint Nextel, USA, Wireless.Tags: Job Cuts, Mobile, Pali Research, Sprint Nextel, Telecom, Wireless
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Sprint Nextel may have large-scale job cuts in January, according to a research note by analyst Walter Piecyk at Pali Research.
Piecyk said he expects “a significant workforce reduction in January” for the carrier, which has struggled in recent months as subscriber growth has dropped. Piecyk said the move is necessary for Sprint to cut costs, and the expectation of job cuts was made in part based upon conversations with Sprint CFO Bob Brust.
“We do not believe that price cuts are off the table,” Piecyk said. “With customer care in good shape, more flexible covenants in place and a planned layoff in January, [Sprint CEO Dan Hesse] has the financial flexibility and the organization structure to make whatever moves he wants in order to stimulate growth.”
Hesse has indicated in the past that jobs cuts could be in store as the company moves into 2009, but has declined to say how many jobs could be cut, pending the company’s fourth quarter results.
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