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• Applications of Sprint Nextel Corp. and SoftBank Corp. and Starburst II, Inc. for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations, IB Docket No. 12-343, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Order on Reconsideration, 28 FCC Rcd 9642 (2013)
• APPLICATIONS OF SOFTBANK CORP., STARBURST II, INC., SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION, AND CLEARWIRE CORPORATION FOR CONSENT TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF LICENSES AND AUTHORIZATIONS.   The Commission approved the Softbank-Sprint-Clearwire Transactions. (Dkt No.  12-343 ). Action by:  the Commission. Adopted:  07/03/2013 by MO&O. (FCC No. 13-92).  IB [No mention of Backbone] http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A1.docx
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  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A1.pdf
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A2.pdf
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A3.pdf
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A1.txt
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A2.txt
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-13-92A3.txt

Timeline

• 2008 Sprint / Cogent Depeering
• 2005: Sprint and Nextel merge
• 1991: United Telecom aquires Sprint. [History of Telenet 37]
• 1990: Sprint joined CIX. [Hussain Historic Role CIX 2]
• 1989: United Telecom gains a controlling interest in Sprint, buying GTE's shares
• 1986: Telenet, GTE Sprint, and United Telecom become US Sprint
• 1983:
  • GTE acquires Sprint.
  • Telenet becomes a part of the data division of Sprint. Sprint merged Telenet with its SprintLink Internet network.
• 1980: United begins to offer X.25 service
• 1978: Southern Pacific Railroad Intelligent Network begins offering long distance telephone service
• 1971: Becomes United Telecommunications
• 1938: United Utilities Inc emerges from bankruptcy
• 1911: United Telephone formed from Brown Telephone, and other companies
• 1903: Union Telephone and Telegraph company founded
• 1899: Brown Telephone Company founded

News

• Block, Melissa; Neff, Brijet (2012-10-15). "Sprint Born From Railroad, Telephone Businesses". NPR.
• Sprint, Level 3 Consider Joint Venture - To help carriers battle AT&T, Verizon..., dslreports 6/11/2009
• It's Apparently Sprint Rumor Friday - T-Mobile to Buy Sprint? Sprint to spin off Nextel?, dslreports 3/10/2008
• Clearwire and Sprint: Squeezed together?, America's Network 3/7/2008
• Rumor: Sprint will spin off Nextel, CNET 3/7/2008
• $14,000 Sprint Bill - That was supposed to be $59, DSLreports 1/3/2008
• FCC chief plans rigorous review of Sprint-Nextel, FT 9/7/2005
• Sprint to close Web hosting unit, CNET 6/12/03
• Sprint Begins Next-Gen Network Buildout, Newsfactor 5/28/03
• Sprint Chief Has Cancer NYT 11/12/02
• Sprint rolls out high-speed wireless service, USA Today 8/9/02
• Sprint, Covad to Unveil Biz DSL Deal, Internet News 7/31/02