Explore the impact of the “mobile first” revolution.
April 15-16, 2013
New York, New York
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Dan Hesse 
President & CEO
Sprint Nextel
At Sprint Nextel, Dan Hesse leads a carrier locked in an ongoing battle with the tech industry. Today, the device has become king and in an effort to recapture some network dominance, Hesse and his team have migrated towards a more open strategy. We'll ask what that means and question Hesse about 4G's ability to deliver upon its promise. Prior to his appointment as SprintCEO, Hesse was the Chairman and CEO of Embarq Corporation, and also served as the top exec of Terabeam Corporation. Before that, he spent 23 years at AT&T, including as president and CEO of AT&T Wireless Services. Hesse got masters degrees from both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in science and in business from Cornell University, as well as an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Posts With Dan Hesse
Sprint: 1.5 Million iPhones Sold, $8.8 Billion Revenue, $29 Million in Operating Income
The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier shifted to an operating profit from a year-ago loss.
Hesse, Masayoshi Son Met With FCC to Pitch SoftBank-Sprint Deal
The pair made the case for their deal as well as Sprint’s plans to acquire the remainder of network operator Clearwire.
Sprint Hungry for More Spectrum
The Clearwire deal is simply a starting point.
Five Years In
With 20/20 hindsight, the Nextel merger was a mistake. The synergies, if you will, that we had hoped for and planned for didn’t materialize.
– Sprint’s Dan Hesse to GigaOM’s Kevin Fitchard, on his fifth anniversary as CEO
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Sprint Buys Spectrum From U.S. Cellular
Sprint Nextel Corp. Wednesday said it agreed to acquire spectrum and business operations in parts of five states from U.S. Cellular Corp. for about $480 million, in a deal that will significantly increase the company’s network capacity.Sprint Still Bleeding Subscribers
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It’s Official: SoftBank Links Up With Sprint in $20 Billion Deal
A deal, rumored since last week, is the latest move in a rapidly consolidating U.S. cellular industry.
Sprint’s Chief: iPhone Was Worth the Billions
Dan Hesse also defended the company’s decision to go with WiMax, which even Sprint executives acknowledge turned out to be the Betamax of 4G technologies.
Sprint CEO Hesse: Good Customer Service Costs Less
But there are still a lot of areas where Sprint needs to improve, CEO Dan Hesse told a group of journalists touring the company’s Kansas headquarters.
Sprint CEO on iPhone: “We Made the Right Decision”
Sprint’s $15 billion bet on the iPhone might be a costly one, but it also seems to be paying off.