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everyone wants to buy....

freedom4u

Sep 28, 2007, 2:15 PM
sprint? why!? 👀 that bastard of company is worse then att more ways then one then aftering "mergering" with nextel they have gone down hill....or is it just me?? then again its me being the ex employee that i am and working for cricket talk about a culture shock....errr!
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freedom4u

Sep 28, 2007, 2:15 PM
after* -- sorry hung over today... 😎
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lpj

Sep 28, 2007, 3:14 PM
😳 You too! 😳
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nextel18

Sep 28, 2007, 2:37 PM
Very good assets are a big reason of why companies and PE want this company. Forsee is the main reason why Sprint is failing.
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loginforthis

Sep 28, 2007, 2:52 PM
nextel18 said:
Forsee is the main reason why Sprint is failing.


That sentence doens't seem to make sense to me.

Can you rephrase?
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loginforthis

Sep 28, 2007, 2:53 PM
and please forgive my atrocious typing skills... 🤭
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nextel18

Sep 28, 2007, 3:07 PM
Forsee is the company’s Chairman and CEO. Basically his principles and strategies are failing the company. He integrated Sprint’s side without much of Nextel’s, which was a big mistake.
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Jayshmay

Sep 29, 2007, 12:20 AM
Can't the board vote him out as CEO?

How long has he been the CEO?

Besides, with reguards to the Nextel side, don't they eventually intend to phase Nextel out? Like somewheres around 2012 or something.
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 11:57 AM
The board can but they are usually with the executives. The shareholders would have to raise the issue to the board on an overwhelming fashion. It is tough to get rid of a CEO and Chairman. So many proxy fights, but it can be done.

I do not remember how long but he has been there since the merger was announced and then obviously he was the CEO of Sprint for a number of years.

Well they are planning to do it through 2012 to give them some time to evaluate what they want to do. It highly depends on a number of factors. It is not expensive to maintain the Nextel network so it just depends on circumstances.
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wirelessoutletllc.com

Sep 29, 2007, 11:31 AM
WOW. Really. It's just that simple huh? With respect, perhaps with your ability to nail Sprint's troubles on the head like that, Sprint has found a suitable replacement.
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dotcwrath

Sep 29, 2007, 2:02 PM
It doesnt matter who is responsible for who doing what,

A CEO is in charge and responsible for HIS company that he is running, whether its failing becaue Joe in the stock room is cutting optic lines or cause of Sprints weak marketing doesnt matter, Its Forsees job to make sure those things dont happen and the company is run well
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OtherSprintGuy

Sep 30, 2007, 10:09 AM
Sprints weak marketing? are you nuts man? they have more commericals, sponsorships, billboards, than I have ever seen...its almost annoying that I work here all day and then go home..and on the 10mile drive, I here a radio commerical, see like 5 billboards and then get home and see a tv commerical during dinner..weak he says... 🙄
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algorithmplus

Sep 30, 2007, 5:10 PM
The strength of marketing is not about the number of advertisements out there, it's about the effectiveness of those advertisements.

Sprint could be the sole advertiser in the nation, taking all radio, television, billboard, and internet, but if it doesn't deliver a message, then it's not effective.
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TradeMark_310

Sep 30, 2007, 6:45 PM
Plus, the awful word of mouth for Sprint travels just as fast as a radio commercial, so there you go...
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T-Zag

Oct 1, 2007, 10:33 AM
The newest campaigne "Life at Sprint Speed" is absolutely horrible.
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vonclay

Oct 3, 2007, 11:00 AM
Number of ads does not = Strong Marketing
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DenSprintMan

Sep 29, 2007, 3:52 PM
I honestly don't see Sprint being bought out by anyone here in the near future. Maybe sometime down the line, but NOPE, not anytime soon!!
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Versed

Sep 29, 2007, 4:07 PM
DenSprintMan said:
I honestly don't see Sprint being bought out by anyone here in the near future. Maybe sometime down the line, but NOPE, not anytime soon!!



Maybe Alltel will buy them? :-)
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OtherSprintGuy

Sep 29, 2007, 4:44 PM
Alltel? are you serious? they cant afford sprint? they can barely afford to pay sprint for tower use..silly MVNO's..there like the red-headed bastard step children of major carriers..
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 5:42 PM
Actually, now that Alltel is owned by Goldman Sachs and the other Private Equity Company that I am forgetting, they can actually afford Sprint. It will still be difficult but it can be done.
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Versed

Sep 29, 2007, 7:57 PM
OtherSprintGuy said:
Alltel? are you serious? they cant afford sprint? they can barely afford to pay sprint for tower use..silly MVNO's..there like the red-headed bastard step children of major carriers..


It was a joke. But, the other way around, Sprint buying out Alltel would make alot of sense.
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 5:44 PM
Yea not sure, if an Alltel and Sprint merger would be in the best interest because Sprint doesn’t need anything that Alltel has besides for some smaller markets. They already have EV-DO roaming deals in place. I think if Sprint were to acquire it would probably be PCS or Leap.
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 5:43 PM
I disagree. Companies would have to look for them to grow and they do have the assets to do so, however, the only issue has to deal with Forsee. BT could buy them. Perhaps Vodafone. I always think Comcast might.
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SPCSVZWJeff

Sep 29, 2007, 5:50 PM
Buy or merge? Don't forget Google.
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 5:56 PM
Either or. Google is a possibility but I don’t think it is likely.
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The King of Kingz

Sep 29, 2007, 6:01 PM
if hypothetically vzw buys sprint and vzw is going to lte is CDMA over?
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nextel18

Sep 29, 2007, 6:43 PM
I wouldn’t say that somewhat hypothetical because that won’t happen, but to answer your question, Verizon is going to LTE and Sprint is going to use Wimax. CDMA is not going away just that these LTE and Wimax technologies give better efficiency and data speeds than CDMA. CDMA and GSM are older technologies so it is necessary to expand to the 4G. CDMA is not over by far, and won’t go away. They both are going to continue to spend $6-$8b a year on CDMA.
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Versed

Sep 29, 2007, 7:59 PM
nextel18 said:
I disagree. Companies would have to look for them to grow and they do have the assets to do so, however, the only issue has to deal with Forsee. BT could buy them. Perhaps Vodafone. I always think Comcast might.


Comcast used to own a big chunk, especially on the east coast of what was Cingular.
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nextel18

Sep 30, 2007, 11:50 AM
They (Comcast) also had a stake in Nextel.
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algorithmplus

Sep 29, 2007, 8:18 PM
I highly doubt that Vodafone would be able to buy Sprint, especially with the venture called Verizon Wireless. It's also unlikely that Vodafone would drop Verizon, planning to go to LTE, for Sprint that is goin WiMax, which is not compatible with Vodafone's other networks.
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nextel18

Sep 30, 2007, 11:48 AM
It can still happen though, but probably is less likely now. Well LTE is not compatible to Verizon’s network either but they are finding ways.
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algorithmplus

Sep 30, 2007, 5:14 PM
nextel18 said:
It can still happen though, but probably is less likely now. Well LTE is not compatible to Verizon’s network either but they are finding ways.


But, the point is...why would Vodafone want to exit a successful venture of Verizon Wireless that has a good organic growth rate, is slated to be directly compatible with Vodafone's international networks, and has a better reputation than Sprint? It would be like BMW selling off Mini to buy Daewoo. Sprint isn't as strong as Verizon Wireless is, in brand, network, or customer loyalty.

Maybe, Wal-Mart might dump the Wal-Mart Stores and buy Target?
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nextel18

Sep 30, 2007, 5:21 PM
Verizon Wireless has been successful just on the voice side which is only part of the overall success of a truly success of a company especially in a saturated market. Bad example on the car situation. If you have an overall great company with great metrics then it is good, but Verizon Wireless is lacking in data. That is why I said it might be a good idea to go after Sprint, but obviously, since the LTE announcement it might not make sense to do such a deal. Voda could always void that deal with them whenever they want. I would say that Verizon dominates in the voice aspects but not in data. VZW is better I think on the image and customer loyalty. I think network quality is a closer to equal. Verizon Wireless has issues though.
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