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==History==
==History==
Sprint was originally founded in 1899 as the ''Brown Telephone Company'' in [[Kansas]]. It initially provided landline service only to the town of Abilene. The next year, they installed a long-distance circuit. The company then merged with a number of others, forming the ''United Telephone Company'', which later became ''United Telephone and Electric'', then ''United Utilities, Incorporated'', then ''United Telecommunications''. After more mergers and some time had passed (some of which was spent in court), the name SPRINT was born. It stood for ''Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications''.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-railroad-telephone-businesses</ref>
Sprint was originally founded in 1899 as the ''Brown Telephone Company'' in [[Kansas]]. It initially provided landline service only to the town of Abilene. The next year, they installed a long-distance circuit. The company then merged with a number of others, forming the ''United Telephone Company'', which later became ''United Telephone and Electric'', then ''United Utilities, Incorporated'', then ''United Telecommunications''. After more mergers and some time had passed (some of which was spent in court), the name SPRINT was born. It stood for ''Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications''.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-railroad-telephone-businesses</ref>
==References==
==References==