The latest from Corporate:
All,
>
> After meeting recently with a few of you, there seems to still be a
> few questions out there regarding the Sprint-Nextel merger. I will
> always do my best to keep you informed of any information that is made
> available to me as soon as I get it. Please share the below with all
> of your sales reps.
>
> Regarding Customer Inquiries: Please direct all customers to our
> Nextel.com website as there is a link at the top of the page to the
> formal announcement. Or they can visit
>
http://sprintnextel.mergerannouncement.com/.
>
> Regarding Customer Migrations: Please inform your customers that we
> are not forcing any customers to move from Sprint to Nextel or Nextel
> to Sprint as a result of the announcement. If there are any sales reps
> out there that are telling (lying to) customers that they have to move
> from one to another due to one of the Network's going away, please get
> as much details as possible and forward to me so I can properly
> address it. Nextel and Sprint are still competitors until the merger
> is finalized so we are happy to win any business from them, but there
> is no forced migration in place.
>
> Regarding Network Technologies: Nextel recently renewed its iDEN
> network agreement with Motorola for another 3 years. We will still
> operate the iDEN network for quite some time. Look for Widen to launch
> in the next couple of months.
>
> Regarding Network Build-outs: Nextel is still fully committed to
> building and enhancing our iDEN network, including adding over 600 new
> sites in the state of Florida and thousands of BRs (Base Radios -
> channels that process calls) over the next 12 - 18 months. We have
> fully launched the 6:1 capability in Florida and we currently have
> almost 250,000 handsets that are 6:1 capable in Florida. This number
> should grow rapidly as we experience our normal gross adds and
> customer equipment upgrades.
>
> If you have any questions please feel free to contact me either by
> email or phone.
>
> I look forward to a great 2005 and continued success building the
> Nextel business in Southeast Florida.
>
> Thank you,
>
> A****** P******
> Sr. Sales Manager - Indirect Distribution