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Sprint Delivers Exclusive Super Bowl XLI Benefits to Its Customers.


Sprint, as the Official Telecommunications Service Provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies.  to the National Football League, Will Provide Exclusive Wireless Content, Superior Coverage and Special Access to Super Bowl XLI Super Bowl XLI was the 41st championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The American football game was played on February 4 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of Miami, following the 2006 regular season. Kickoff was at 6:27 p.m.  Events

OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- With Super Bowl XLI mere days away, national attention has naturally turned to South Florida. This year, a number of exclusive benefits are available to Sprint (NYSE NYSE

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"Sprint Super Bowl 2007"

Sprint's Super Bowl content is now available in a centralized cen·tral·ize  
v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es

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1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.

2.
 Web page, "Super Bowl 2007," formatted especially for wireless handsets. To access the Web page, customers simply text "SBXLI" to 7777* using Sprint or Nextel service. On the site, customers will find links to useful and entertaining Super Bowl material:

* Beginning Jan. 30, Sprint Power View, the industry's first and only made-for-mobile news and information video network, will broadcast numerous Super Bowl-specific shows from the Miami area. Sports and entertainment shows will feature interviews with current and legendary coaches and players, daily coverage of the hottest entertainment and Super Bowl team news, and more. James "J.B." Brown, Ron Brown, Ron (Ronald Harmon Brown), 1941–96, American politician, b. Washington, D.C. Raised in New York City's Harlem, he attended Middlebury College (grad. 1962) and St. John's Law School (grad. 1970).  Pitts and special guest Don Shula Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is a former professional football coach for the National Football League. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the NFL's only undefeated Perfect Season  will update fans from the Sprint Power View sports desk, while entertainment host Carrie Milbank will cover the Miami/South Beach party, fashion and music scenes. Sprint Power View, available at no additional charge to Sprint data plan subscribers, is accessible via "Sprint Super Bowl 2007," on channel 35 of Sprint TV, or as a stand-alone application. Sprint customers simply text "POWER" to 7777* to download the free Sprint Power View application.

* NFL NFL
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National Football League

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 Mobile, the premier NFL product available only to Sprint customers, will also be updated with Super Bowl XLI-specific news and information, Super Bowl archive video highlights, and more. NFL Mobile, another exclusive free benefit available only to Sprint customers, now includes a live, uninterrupted stream of NFL Network - the only television network dedicated solely to the nation's most popular sport. As part of its Super Bowl XLI programming plans, NFL Network will televise tel·e·vise  
tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es
To broadcast or be broadcast by television.



[Back-formation from television.
 all official Super Bowl XLI press conferences as they unfold - and Sprint customers watching via NFL Mobile will enjoy a front-row seat as well. NFL Mobile is accessible via "Sprint Super Bowl 2007," or by texting "NFL" to 7777*.

* Sprint Super Bowl XLI Navigator*, a GPS-based application that provides street-level maps and turn-by-turn directions, is now available free of charge to Sprint customers for a 14-day trial period. Powered by TeleNav, Sprint Super Bowl XLI Navigator taps into Sprint's powerful networks and robust devices, mapping the greater South Florida area during Super Bowl week. This powerful application - pre-loaded with key NFL event locations and events by name and address - will prove incredibly useful to the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Miami area.

* Sprint also powered up its South Florida wireless and wireline networks to the tune of more than $6 million, providing a wide variety of venues with high-speed communications services to accommodate the increased amount of voice and data traffic.

Exclusive Access to Super Bowl Events

Sprint customers in the Miami area will also be able to meet top NFL players and enjoy preferred seating and access to a number of events during Super Bowl week - and their only price of admission is displaying Sprint or Nextel handset.

* Sprint Phone-a-Friend @ NFL PLAYERS LIVE!: taking place at the NFL Experience main stage on Feb. 3 from noon to 6 p.m., this event gives fans the opportunity for a current NFL player to speak with a friend or family member, live, via Sprint wireless service. Throughout the event, Sprint customers are granted access to a "customer-only" line.

* Super Bowl Saturday Blast on Biscayne: taking place at Bicentennial Park Bicentennial Park could refer to:

In Australia:
  • Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay in Sydney, New South Wales.
In the USA:
  • Bicentennial Park (Allentown) in Pennsylvania
  • Bicentennial Mall State Park in Nashville.
, this free festival features food, pep rallies for the Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana and are the reigning National Football League (NFL) champions since winning Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007.
     and Chicago Bears
      The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
      , and culminates with a concert, starring Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, rock band Styx and Latin Recording Artist Willy Chirino. Special, limited VIP seating at the concert - the "Sprint Customer Appreciation Zone," located just to the right of the stage - is reserved for Sprint customers and one guest per customer.

      * Beach Bowl Weekend at Nikki Beach: on Feb. 2 and Feb. 3, another "Sprint Customer Appreciation Zone" is reserved for up to 400 Sprint customers and one guest per customer at these four ticketed events that feature Dan Marino, Kanye West and Ludacris and more.

      * NFL players will appear at a number of Sprint Stores during Super Bowl week:
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      * The Sprint NFL Access Tour arrives Feb. 2 in "Shulaville," Sprint's ceremonial name for Lummus Park in South Beach. Here, visitors will be dazzled daz·zle  
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      1. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light.

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       by a mobile multimedia NFL experience only Sprint can provide. NFL players will "Phone-a-Friend" throughout the afternoons of Feb. 2 and Feb. 3, chatting live with friends and family members via Sprint wireless service. In addition, the Sprint NFL Access Tour includes a "Broadcaster Challenge," at which fans can test their NFL commentating skills. Two lucky entrants in the challenge will win a pair of tickets to Super Bowl XLI.

      *Available on select phones. Normal text message and wireless data rates apply.

      About Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind

      Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving more than 51 million customers at the end of third quarter 2006; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic.

      These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges.
      . For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
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