NII Holdings / NIHD
About NII Holdings
1875 Explorer St., Suite 1000, Reston, Va. 20190
www.nii.com
| 703-390-5100
| Founded: 1996
Industry: Telecommunications | Category: Public Companies
In 2006, NII Holdings' subscriber base expanded more rapidly than it had the year before in the five countries where it operates: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru. For the year, it added more than 900,000 customers, most of them small and medium-size businesses, ending 2006 with 3.4 million.
In its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2006, NII said it had extended the term of its supply agreement with Motorola and acquired the assets of Cosmofrecuencias in Mexico.
Tim Perrott, vice president for investor relations, said in an interview that the company's chief goal is to continue gaining subscribers in those five countries rather than launch operations in a new nation. (The company does not provide services in the United States.) He said NII sees the economic and political climates in the five countries as "very strong and improving."
2006 Financial Data
Revenues: $2,371,340,000 | Net Income: $294,490,000Asssets: $3,297,678,000 | Earnings Per Share: $1.67
Total employees: 7,748 | Local employees: 140
Company Leadership
| Steven M. Shindler | CEO |
| Lo van Gemert | President and COO |
| Peter Foyo | President, Nextel Mexico |
| Jose Felipe | President, Nextel Mercosur |
| Byron R. Siliezar | VP and CFO |
Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..
| Steven M. Shindler CEO | $5,249,102 Salary: $657,438 |
| Lo van Gemert President and COO | $3,433,573 Salary: $406,571 |
| Peter Foyo President, Nextel Mexico | $2,502,115 Salary: $345,000 |
| Jose Felipe President, Nextel Mercosur | $2,497,230 Salary: $363,320 |
| Byron R. Siliezar VP and CFO | $2,340,863 Salary: $363,203 |
Did You Know
NII Holdings, a former subsidiary of Nextel (now Sprint Nextel), sells Nextel's wireless service in five Latin American countries.