Sprint Plans Massive Base Station Upgrade, Phase-Out of iDEN
Dec 6, 2010, 9:33 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Dec 6, 2010, 10:03 AM
Sprint today announced details about the future of its CDMA and WiMax networks. Sprint has struck agreements with Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Samsung to provide new base station technology that will replace their existing base station technology. The way Sprint currently runs its network, it uses separate equipment to handle the 800MHz, 1900MHz, and 2.5GHz spectrum bands. The new base stations will allow Sprint to support all three spectrum bands (plus others) from a single base station. Sprint believes this network update will increase CDMA-EVDO performance, improve indoor coverage, help it expand WiMax faster, reduce operating costs, and lower its greenhouse gas emissions. Sprint said that it will also start to use its 800MHz spectrum to support its CDMA network moving forward. Sprint also announced plans to transition push-to-talk services away from its iDEN network and onto its CDMA network. It will debut a new PTT service starting in 2011, though Sprint hasn't explained how the new CDMA-based PTT service will work. The iDEN network will be phased out will beginning in 2013. Sprint is calling the initiative "Network Vision." It is in the process of finalizing the details, and expects the upgrades to begin in early 2011. Sprint expects to spend between $4 billion and $5 billion.
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This is excellent news
Now they just need to hire me to market it. 😎
Sprint has been doing many good things. Dan and his team, have taken the bull by the horns and have done a great job of adding key implements to the company.
As a hardcore supporter of Sprint, I periodically use their Dan@Sprint.com for of...
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2013 for iDEN phase out.
I already jumped ship because I moved into an area where Sprint has limited coverage. I have to say, I love using a GSM carrier, I can do a lot with it.
Goodbye Nextel, your PTT was amazing, hate to see you go away. R.I.P. iDEN, you were a great technology.
Cellular Phone said:
R.I.P. iDEN, you were a great technology.
For PTT, yes. For any other service, absolutely not.
AJ
Whatever happened to Motorola's Next Generation Dispatch?
CDMA1x EV-DO 800
Post 800 MHz re banding, Sprint Nextel will have up to 14 MHz bandwidth of SMR 800 MHz spectrum nationwide. (Where Nextel overlaps w/ another iDEN provider, such as SouthernLINC, Sprint will retain less than 14 MHz.) That is sufficient bandwidth for up to five CDMA carrier channels. Also, SMR 800 MHz, in its propagation characteristics, is practically identical to Cellular 850 MHz, which experiences approximately 7 dB less path loss than does PCS 1900 MHz. So, this transition has the potential to improve the breadth & density of Sprint's CDMA coverage footprint.
AJ
Lets go!!!
Again??
