Magazine Article | January 10, 2008

Sprint Nextel

Source: Innovative Retail Technologies
Resource Guides, 2008 Resource Guide To Grocery & C-Store Solutions

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Product Description:
Sprint Nextel offers retailers solutions that enable the flexibility needed to respond to changing customer demands and business needs.

3G Wireless WAN service through Sprint and industry partner Cisco gives retail operations network tools for operational continuity, disaster recovery, and cost-effective rapid WAN deployment. 

Global MPLS VPN solutions connect multiple locations while converging voice, video, and data onto a single IP-based network. With Sprint Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPNSM), you'll have the flexibility to enable voice, data, and other real-time, bandwidth-demanding applications; support a mobile sales force with wireless integration; simplify network management; and reduce operating costs.

Mobile Broadband solutions extend connectivity to the mobile workforce. With enhanced Sprint Mobile Broadband, you get 600-1.4 Mbps average download speeds and 350 — 500 kbps average upload speeds. Sprint has you covered with enhanced mobile broadband service in 218 major metropolitan markets, 1,002 airports coast-to-coast, and 211 million people.

 

Company Overview:
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communication services, bringing the freedom of mobility to retailers and their customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering, and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving 54 million customers at the end of the second quarter 2007; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.

Sprint Nextel offers solutions for retailers of any size by partnering with providers who offer solutions for one-to-many users, and through strategic alliances with IBM and Cisco providing enterprise class solutions. Sprint Nextel's catalog of industry-focused solutions offers retailers enhanced capabilities including increased communication and connectivity, real-time supply chain visibility, network flexibility, and converged mobile solutions. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

 

Contact Information:
Sprint Nextel
2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191
PH: (800) SPRINT1 [777-4681]
Web site: www.sprint.com