Sprint Leaves SpectrumCo To Cable Cos
I wonder...
cremz said:
do you think it's because they cannot really afford it? With the merger and all that debt, also with losing subscribers to other carriers it may cause them to tighten up just to keep the focus on wimax.
Very possible.
It's more likely to save money and put it into WiMax, and expanding the PCS coverage...
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Their finances are still fine. They are just being smart about not taking on the entire debt of their 4G network alone.
muchdrama said:
...why that played out the way it did if they needed more spectrum?
They've secured a lot of spectrum via their agreements with clearwire. They have almost 100 Mhz of MMDS spectrum in some markets.
That said, that spectrum is less than optimum. 2.5 GHz no give such good coverage which is why they are pushing mimo and other antenna techniques down the component food chain.
But i also believe that the the spectrumco created a conflict of interest.
Sprint has consistently claimed that the MMDS spectrum will be used for mobility and only mobility. I hear a very different story that says sprint want to target last mile cable/dsl "opportunity." Cable operators will be less than happy by ...
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nextel18 said:
Well don’t forget now that the current cable venture that they still have that is called Pivot on the DO network, they will be able to optimize the MMDS spectrum that Sprint has. Sprint just felt that this SpectrumCO wasn’t in their best interests.
All that effort, and you expect us to believe that Sprint decided it simply wasn't in their best interests?
Yeah, right.
muchdrama said:
All that effort, and you expect us to believe that Sprint decided it simply wasn't in their best interests?
Yeah, right.
I'm inclined to agree with muchdrama here. I suspect they sought to multiple paths to acquire additional spectrum. The MMDS path succeeded, they don't need spectrumco anymore.
I think this is a mistake though. Sprint's alliance with the cable operators could realy facillitate the promotion of femptocells (personal base stations that are tied to dsl/cable division and have wifi and a low power cellular radio).
I think sprint is making a lot of mistakes to be frank. Going after the "fixed opportunity" at this point in time (when over 50% of the US homes have broad...
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