, Sprint (NYSE: FON) was
recently recognized by Hispanic Magazine as one of the "Corporate 100," the
publication's annual list of the 100 companies providing the most
opportunities for Hispanics. "As consumers and communities become more diverse, a company's
culture and employee base needs to reflect its potential customers and
shareholders.
The current Corporate 100 list is published in the February 2005 issue of
Hispanic Magazine, on shelves now, and can also be viewed at
http://www.

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Sprint also provides a suite of offerings specifically for its rapidly
growing Hispanic customer base that includes an international wireless calling
plan, a Mexico prepaid phone card with flat-rate pricing, Latin music ringers,
Directory Assistance and Roadside Rescue in Spanish, Spanish-speaking customer
service, and Spanish summary invoices.hispaniconline.com

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"The arrangement with MAIK Nauka will also cover the development
of new publications for the scientific information market," he added, "for
example, individual spin-offs from existing journals, and 'premium journals,'
which provide users with an electronic link between journals and handbooks on
specific topics."
SpringerLink contains over 1,200 journals.

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The Russian Library of Science will contain the best articles and papers
from research institutes and scientific societies in Russia and the
surrounding countries.

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It also has 25 prominent book
series that contain, in total, approximately 2,700 volumes, handbooks,
reference works, and databases.

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For more information, visit http://www.
Springer is one of the oldest and leading international scientific
publishing companies and ranks second in the world in the science,
technology , and medicine sector (STM).

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I am confident that the business practices which led to this
recognition will continue to meet the needs of the marketplace and enrich both
Sprint and the communities we serve.

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com/diversity . The initial result will be an
expansion of the Springer catalogue of Russian journals in English by
approximately 50 new journals, with further expansions anticipated during the
course of the agreement. It publishes 1,350 journals and over 3,500 new books every
year, from 13 locations around the world.

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Hispanic Magazine Recognizes Sprint for Strong Commitment to Hispanic
Employees

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"The new program opens the door for the worldwide scientific community to
gain access to leading Russian research literature, all with a few clicks on
SpringerLink," commented Rudiger Gebauer, Springer's President , Global
Publishing. Springer also provides an historical online
archive going back to the year 1860.

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To learn more about
Sprint's diversity and inclusion efforts, please visit
http://www.

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Sprint was also recognized for its diverse hiring practices, as well as
for its support and contributions to numerous Hispanic organizations and
initiatives targeted toward the Hispanic community .

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About Sprint
Sprint offers an extensive range of innovative communication products and
solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and multiproduct bundles.

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This year, Sprint was recognized for a number of unique programs, including
Enlace, one of Sprint's employee affinity groups.

For enquiries, please contact:

Joan Robinson
Springer
Telephone: +49-(0)-6221-487-8130
joan.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001013/SPRINTLOGO )
The Corporate 100 is made up of businesses from a variety of industries,
each offering high levels of involvement with and advancement to Hispanic
employees and business partners as well as the Hispanic community as a whole.
"I am pleased that Hispanic Magazine has once again chosen Sprint for its
Corporate 100," said David Thomas, vice president and chief diversity officer
- Sprint.sprint. The journals include prestigious
publications such as JETP (Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics)
and Physics of the Solid State, both previously distributed by the American
Institute of Physics (AIP ), as well as prominent journals such as Doklady
Mathematics, previously distributed by EBSCO.robinson@springer -sbm.

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Sprint Named One of the Top 100 Companies for Hispanics

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This is the eleventh time that Hispanic Magazine
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Springer Expands Market Leadership in Russia Through New Journals Agreement With the Publisher of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Sprint continues to emphasize its focus
on the Hispanic community and will be launching a series of new services and
applications throughout the year to better serve the Hispanic population.
Starting in January, 2006, some 105 of the most important scientific
journals will be translated into English and compiled into an independent
online library within SpringerLink, the Internet portal of Springer, under
the name "Russian Library of Science".

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Content From MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica to be Made Available to
Subscribers of SpringerLink

NEW YORK, HEIDELBERG, Germany and MOSCOW, Russia,
Springer and MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica announce a major expansion of the
English -language journals program of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Broadly, Hispanic Studies is the academic study of languages and literature, culture, and history of the peoples of Iberia and Latin America.

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Under this expanded program, Springer will provide the
vast majority of relevant Russian scientific content, making the company the
market leader in the sector with more than 150 journals from this region.

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A
Fortune 100 company with more than $27 billion in annual revenues in 2004,
Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-
of -the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide
all-digital, fiber-optic network; an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone;
and one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless networks in
the United States. Its publication spectrum includes
biomedicine and life sciences, clinical and practice-oriented medicine,
physics, technology, mathematics, geosciences , computer sciences, economics
and humanities.

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newscom. Enlace is open to all Sprint
employees and is committed to supporting Sprint's partnership with the
Hispanic community through community involvement , cultural enrichment,
employee development and market initiatives.com .