AT&T May Change MVNO Plans
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Because SBC and AT&T must continue to compete as if their merger may not occur, AT&T indicated it will proceed with plans to launch its own brand of cell phone service this year.
In an interesting twist, the new AT&T Wireless will compete directly with Cingular Wireless. Cingular recently became the nation's biggest cell phone company with 49.1 million subscribers by acquiring acquired the old AT&T Wireless, which AT&T Corp. spun off as an independent company in 2001.
AT&T doesn't own a wireless network, so it had struck a deal to use Sprint Corp.'s cellular system. AT&T executives declined to say whether that deal would stand or whether they might now seek to forge an agreement t...
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~Brandon, now cingular guy.
Cingular's current GSM network could not support an MVNO as well as their own traffic. When they build out UMTS they will be able to support this.
The company that must be smiling is Verizon. This just cleared the way for them to acquire Alltel, Sprint-Nextel or both. If the DOJ approves this one they can't say no to Verizon.
The company that must be smiling is Verizon. This just cleared the way for them to acquire Alltel, Sprint-Nextel or both. If the DOJ approves this one they can't say no to Verizon.You speculate.
muchdrama said:The company that must be smiling is Verizon. This just cleared the way for them to acquire Alltel, Sprint-Nextel or both. If the DOJ approves this one they can't say no to Verizon.You speculate.
Seems to be his greatest talent: speculation.
He's got Verizon/Sprint shoved so far up his rump that he coughs up cdma chips.
Jeff consistently does 2 things on this forum:
1. Over-exaggerate the capabilities of Sprint/Verizon.
2. Downplays the capabilities of their competitors.
He usually takes a small snippet of the truth and runs a marathon with it. I usually have to use my B.S.-o-meter when I read his posts.
SPCSVZWJeff said:
Being an MVNO gives AT&T the best of both worlds. They get a wireless revenue stream without the expense of maintaining a network. In essence they become a retailer of airtime. This makes a lot of sense, so much sense that they are only 1 of many companies who will become MVNO's.
Cingular's current GSM network could not support an MVNO as well as their own traffic. When they build out UMTS they will be able to support this.
The company that must be smiling is Verizon. This just cleared the way for them to acquire Alltel, Sprint-Nextel or both. If the DOJ approves this one they can't say no to Verizon.
For General knowledge, Cingular currently supports an MNVO, 7-Eleven's Prepaid servic...
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The sidebar issue, that a GSM network could not support the traffic of a host of MVNO companies as well as its own traffic is nonetheless true.
A UMTS network will be able to support all of the carrier's traffic and a bunch of MVNO traffic as well.
This forum is closed.