9 posts and columns on Dan Hesse

Sprint Launches Revolutionary $99.99 "Simply Desperate" Plan

in News on February 28, 2008 at 11:34 am PT

What do you do when you’ve just posted a $29.5 billion loss and you expect to lose 1.2 million customers this quarter, as many as you lost in all of 2007? Well, if you’re Sprint (S), you announce a $99.99 unlimited calling and data services plan. This morning the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier recorded a [...]

Sprint Launches Revolutionary $99.99 “Simply Desperate” Plan

in News on February 28, 2008 at 11:34 am PT

What do you do when you’ve just posted a $29.5 billion loss and you expect to lose 1.2 million customers this quarter, as many as you lost in all of 2007? Well, if you’re Sprint (S), you announce a $99.99 unlimited calling and data services plan. This morning the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier recorded a [...]

Sprint: We're Desperate, Get Used to It

in News on February 28, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Sprint: We’re Desperate, Get Used to It

in News on February 28, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Sprint's Boardroom Bloodbath

in Social on January 24, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Sprint’s Boardroom Bloodbath

in Social on January 24, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Sprint Ahead … And Don't Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out

in News on January 24, 2008 at 6:39 am PT

Sprint Nextel is making good on its pledge last week to cut 4,000 employees, and it’s doing it at “Sprint Speed.” This morning the long-suffering wireless carrier announced some “key leadership changes,” sacking three top executives. Leaving are Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh, Chief Marketing Officer Tim Kelly, and Mark Angelino, president of Sprint’s sales [...]

Sprint Ahead … And Don’t Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out

in News on January 24, 2008 at 6:39 am PT

Sprint Nextel is making good on its pledge last week to cut 4,000 employees, and it’s doing it at “Sprint Speed.” This morning the long-suffering wireless carrier announced some “key leadership changes,” sacking three top executives. Leaving are Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh, Chief Marketing Officer Tim Kelly, and Mark Angelino, president of Sprint’s sales [...]

Dial *611 to Activate Your New CEO

in News on December 18, 2007 at 1:48 pm PT

Sprint Nextel ended its two-month search for a new chief executive today, offering Dan Hesse ousted CEO Gary Forsee’s old office. Hesse was formerly the CEO of Embarq, a local telco that Sprint spun off last year, and once ran AT&T’s mobile-phone business, so he’s certainly got the chops for the job. “His history in [...]