Home  ›  News  ›

Sprint Faces Off Against Hip MVNOs

Article Comments  

all discussions

show all 20 replies

Sprint is in Rough Shape....

Djanifer9512

Feb 27, 2007, 12:15 PM
Sprint is in a sad state of affairs. They just recently announced a layoff of 5,000 employees and reported a net loss of subscribers in the 4th qtr 2006. How do you lose customers during the Christmas season?

They have pulled out all the stops when it comes to attacking Cingular and other companies with their childish advertising strategies. And they now feel as though they have to change their rate plans to compete with MVNOs!

I guess they should have done their homework before their joint venture with Nextel, because now its down to the big 2 with Sprint fading fast.
...
snang

Feb 27, 2007, 1:53 PM
Sprint is in very good shape actually. I'd recommend you do some research when it comes to the layoff. That was done solely for reducing redundancies post-merger.

A company changing prices to compete? That's a new one.

How are their advertising strategies childish? Because they hurt your feelings when they slapped the Cingular guy in the face?

I also hate to burst your bubble again, but Sprint is far from fading.
...
Djanifer9512

Feb 27, 2007, 2:49 PM
How do you explain a loss of 300,000+ post paid subscribers in the 4th qtr? Not the sign of a company that is in "good shape". And a "Lay Off" is a lay off not matter the reason.

And if you look at the wireless landscape, most companies are priced competetively with their closest rival. It would at least appear as though Sprints is headind torward bottom feeder status if they feel as though HELIO and AMPD are threats to their "loyal" customer base.

I don't recall Cingular laying off 5,000 employees after buying out AT&T Wireless in 2004 nor losing customers like Sprint did.

But otherwise, keep up the excellent work Sprint.

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6407282.html »
...
muchdrama

Feb 27, 2007, 3:15 PM
Djanifer9512 said:
How do you explain a loss of 300,000+ post paid subscribers in the 4th qtr? Not the sign of a company that is in "good shape". And a "Lay Off" is a lay off not matter the reason.

And if you look at the wireless landscape, most companies are priced competetively with their closest rival. It would at least appear as though Sprints is headind torward bottom feeder status if they feel as though HELIO and AMPD are threats to their "loyal" customer base.

I don't recall Cingular laying off 5,000 employees after buying out AT&T Wireless in 2004 nor losing customers like Sprint did.

But otherwise, keep up the excellent work Sprint.

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6407282.html

...
(continues)
...
wu10304

Feb 27, 2007, 3:23 PM
This is a good point. It definately looks like the purchase of nextel was not a good one considering most of the customers who left were iden nextel customers who would have left nextel even if sprint never bought them. Sprint is far from hurting though. They had a very good gain in cdma customers for the 4th quarter and with wimax coming soon they could make some huge strides this year. Don't discount them yet because they are fasing out the nextel and a lot of the employees to go are nextel and middle management. Now if they only had better customer service in the call centers...
...
muchdrama

Feb 27, 2007, 3:26 PM
wu10304 said:
This is a good point. It definately looks like the purchase of nextel was not a good one considering most of the customers who left were iden nextel customers who would have left nextel even if sprint never bought them. Sprint is far from hurting though. They had a very good gain in cdma customers for the 4th quarter and with wimax coming soon they could make some huge strides this year. Don't discount them yet because they are fasing out the nextel and a lot of the employees to go are nextel and middle management. Now if they only had better customer service in the call centers...


With 49 or 50 million customers or whatever number it is, I have a hard time thinking Sprint's going anywhere an...
(continues)
...
HEKNOWS

Feb 27, 2007, 10:30 PM
45 cust man only 45 million and keep loosing more and more and more lets face it they sucks!!!! 😁
...
Jonathanlc2005

Mar 2, 2007, 1:24 AM
there was a gain of 700,000 by sprint cdma but lost a million on iden. i think thats it
...
muchdrama

Mar 2, 2007, 2:58 PM
Jonathanlc2005 said:
there was a gain of 700,000 by sprint cdma but lost a million on iden. i think thats it


Still a loss of 300,000 if true.
...
offthegrid

Feb 27, 2007, 4:26 PM
Cingular to lay off 10% of workers
Nov 23 2004 - 02:25 PM ET | Cingular
The expected post-merger layoffs have been announced: 10% will be gone. Over the next 12-18 months the nation's largest wireless carrier will cut aproximately 7,000 jobs. Most of the losses will come from the administrative ranks. Customer service jobs should not be affected as there are now more customers to support.

The cuts will not start until after the holiday shopping season and Cingular hopes to add the jobs back over time as more customers sign up with Cingular
...
junglemassive

Feb 27, 2007, 6:12 PM
😳 WOW! Guess that squashes that argument about Sprint laying off 5000 people!!! Now what Cingular people??? Let's see you use the lay offs as a bashing tool now!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣
...
HEKNOWS

Feb 27, 2007, 10:33 PM
ahahhahahahha man thats whaT HAPPEN WHEN A COMPANY DONT MAKE GOOD BUSINESS DECISION THE THEY WORKERS PAY THE PRICESS!!! 🤨
...
algorithmplus

Feb 28, 2007, 8:20 AM
snang said:

I also hate to burst your bubble again, but Sprint is far from fading.


I wouldn't speak too fast. I remember when AT&T Wireless was touted as being the largest most reliable network with the cheapest plans, and they folded. They didn't even merge, they sold the company for cash.

I'm not saying I think Sprint is headed for that fate right away, or even that fate at all.

Personally, all I hear about is how the Nextel service is going downhill fast. I don't hear much about their CDMA service, neither good nor bad.
...
SPCSVZWJeff

Mar 3, 2007, 7:25 PM
The issue with Nextel's Iden network is that it is over capacity. Iden is not even as powerful as GSM so capacity is low. It was the success of Boost that really hurt them.
The CDMA network is doing very well and is growing its customer base. The conversion of Iden to CDMA is only beginning. eventually Iden will disappear and will only be CDMA.
Nextel would have had these issues even without merging with Sprint. Their plan was to move their customers to CDMA.

Sprint wanted Nextel for its other assets, 4g bandwidth and the results of years of research into 4g technologies.
...
SiestaRandy

Feb 27, 2007, 4:06 PM
Sprint is far from sad shape. Their 3G network and content is the best in the business by far. They did add 2.6 million customers which is quite respectable. They are undergoing an extremely complicated merger of billing and ordering systems and these things take time. I for one will ride this out and continue to enjoy great cell service.
...
bojmir

Feb 27, 2007, 5:21 PM
Net customers and Gross customer additions are 2 totally different aspects, sure its important to bring customers in for Gross, but if you cant keep them then it will bring ur net total down.
...
SkillciaX

Feb 28, 2007, 7:38 PM
According to http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Helio-Disclose s-Subscriber-Numbers/story.xhtml?story_id=122 000E82H4E

and I'm sure most of you already know:

"Helio is one of a growing number of "virtual" cell companies that don't actually own wireless networks, opting instead to pay other mobile operators to connect their phone calls. Helio uses Sprint Nextel Corp.'s network."

If Sprint feels threatened by Helio... then why in the world would they let them use their network?... It wouldn't suprise me if in a fee years that Helio ends up buying Sprint. lol.
...
snang

Feb 28, 2007, 8:37 PM
Riiiight.
...
jarcher2828

Mar 1, 2007, 1:15 AM
Sprint just like Verizon leases towers to alltel, is required to by law...I cant remember where I read this but They defiantly would rather not rent out their towers.
...
SkillciaX

Mar 2, 2007, 6:17 PM
jarcher2828 said:
Sprint just like Verizon leases towers to alltel, is required to by law...I cant remember where I read this but They defiantly would rather not rent out their towers.


So then what's the point in Sprint, or T-Mobile owning any towers at all, if they "have" to lease them out... Why doesn't a manufacturer just build towers, and then each company can use all of them efficiently everywhere. meaning it won't matter where u are coverage wise because all the features on your plan would work the same everywhere.
...
SPCSVZWJeff

Mar 3, 2007, 7:36 PM
MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operators use an existing wireless carrier's network. TracFone uses Cingular, Virgin Mobile uses Sprint, Amp'd uses Verizon, Helio uses Sprint.
These companies' customers become customers of the carrier whose network is being used.
What's good for Helio turns out to be good for Sprint.
I think Sprint's response is really to distance themselves from their other, non-MVNO competition. Verizon could step up to the plate (but won't) but it could be difficult for T-Mobile or even Cingular whose networks just don't have the capacity to do this.
...

This forum is closed.

Please log in to report a message to the moderator.

This forum is closed.


all discussions

Subscribe to Phone Scoop News with RSS Follow @phonescoop on Threads Follow @phonescoop on Mastodon Phone Scoop on Facebook Follow on Instagram

 

Playwire

All content Copyright 2001-2024 Phone Factor, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Content on this site may not be copied or republished without formal permission.