Verizon to Use Spectrum Winnings for LTE

If they can ever get Clearwire to come around.

I admire your incredibly naive optimism.

Really, I do.

well i kinda work for the company...and even if i left i would never choose another carrier. you really think that any other company will ever be ahead more then sprint in technology push???? 🤨

Yep, Verizon and at&t will pass them once their 700mhz is up and running. Sprint has been able to pioneer technology this far because they have been sitting on a huge ammount of spectrum for quite some time. But with HUGE losses, and other competitors gaining on them spectrum wise, its only a matter of time before they get surpassed.

You gotta be kidding me. With all of the negative results that Sprint keeps getting every quarter, and getting increasingly worse? Will Sprint even exist in 2 years? They lose more customers every quarter than any other wireless company, and consistently rank at the very bottom in customer service and call quality in both Consumer Reports and J.D Powers.

Sprint is a head of the curve on technology, you're right. The had EVDO 2 years before any other CDMA carrier. They made a ton of mistakes deploying it. With Alltel and Verizon sitting there taking notes of what not to do. Sprint never learned from their mistakes, but their competition did.

Sprint stock will rebound, yes Sprint will make it out of their hole. However don't be surprised to see it under another carrier. Since Verizon is private, I really doubt seeing them collecting anything from Sprint. Alltel on the other hand is owned by TPG. TPG purchases businesses, sits on them, then sells them for a profit.

Yes it is very likely to see Sprint owned by the same company. Now would be the time to purchase stock in Sprint. As low as i...
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I think Sprint is done. I may be wrong, but most companies can not recover from such a huge loss like $29 billion.

I dont work for sprint so I really dont care. Losses combined with massive churn is a bad sign.

At this juncture, Sprint is giving it all away in order to remain competitive. But, most consumers realize that this so-called bargain is anything but a good value if you need to spend endless hours fixing billing errors, feature problems, and other problems that occur.

I had sprint a long time ago. I had no gripes with them then. But that is going back like 10 years.

That is exactly the point.... now is the time to purchase Sprint stock. Where they are in deep trouble, they still have net worth. They still own many valuable items....such as their spectrum, Wi-Max, ect...... So somebody will buy it and their value will rise again, maybe with a different name and maybe not, who knows.


So if you are looking for an investment......

Ummm, no, now is not a good time to buy sprint.

Not all acquisitions work out well. Look at the Sprint purchase of Nextel. Enough said.

I completely disagree. 😲

First off.....They did not buy Nextel, it was a merger. And you're correct it did not go well. But that is something completely different.

With Sprint only two things can happen-

They file bankruptcy. Stock price goes to zero.....or it goes up and/or changes ownership.

Take your pick. It cannot go any lower.

If you want a good conversation from side to side I will give you one. Please do not reply with non-researched information. I will not waste your time, if you don't waste mine. 🙂

Actually Verizon was the first CDMA carrier in America to offer EVDO, or 3G of any sort.

Ok.... I stand corrected...... Sprint now has no excuses.

Sprint will eventually fold and become part of Verizon. It's inevitable.

Not to mention ...

- Credit degraded to 'junk' status (very bad)
- Customers adds have been customers losses
- Net loss of 29 billion last quarter (basically a write off of all iDEN customers)
- How many of those +40 million customers are - iDEN, CDMA, MVNO (i.e. Boost) ?

Sure, this is nearing the bottom of the barrel, and I don't expect a chapter 13. It would be goot to purchase stock in this quarter, as they're down in the $5/$6 range. Given the amount of debt and current churn, it will be a while before their stock rebounds. Data ARPU is their only profitable item right now.


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- Credit degraded to 'junk' status (very bad)

Many companies have had this happen, but have bounced back.

- Customers adds have been customers losses

Churn is part of the business, T-Mobile had this problem for awhile, and they figured out a way to fix it.

- Net loss of 29 billion last quarter (basically a write off of all iDEN customers)

Company write offs are totally normal, and they are done for a reason. I would find no reason what-so-ever for concern on this matter.

- How many of those +40 million customers are - iDEN, CDMA, MVNO (i.e. Boost) ?

They all have MRC's to be counted. Keep in mind I calculated an average of $40/month, when it appears that their ARPU is closer to $60. That translates into $2.4 billion a ...
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Not that I'm not trying to share your optimism, however, that '2.4billion' of income isn't just pure profit.
Someone has to pay for...
a) debt (which becomes more expensive with the credit rating of 'junk')
b) marketing
c) all those cell sites existing, and new ones as well as their backhaul
d) WiMAX R&D and deployment costs

With the economy nearing a recession and the basic wireless market nearing saturation, as well as other players like MetroPCS, Cricket, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile expansion to fend off...as well as demanding shareholders, the outlook isn't quite as bright as it might seem.

Especialy when they still havent change thiere customer service.

Sprint's churn is the worst in the industry. You can only hit those arpu numbers if you actually have users.

In this credit crunch, a company's prospects are what is going to determine their credit worthy status. Sprint has a lot going against it.

You must work for Sprint cause I gotta tell you, you are way too optimistic.

No, I dont work for Sprint, but I do know what it takes to run a successful business. I think my optimism is based on the fact that if my business was going downhill, but I would still have over 35 million people paying me at the end of next year... I wouldnt be all that worried. What you forget is that it took Sprint 20 years to build the business, its not gonna take 5 to unravel it. I am not arguing against their past mistakes, I am arguing towards their future fixes. A bad manager(or CEO) can make a business suffer for awhile, but when a good manager (or CEO) comes in with a plan and drive, it will turn around. Even Hesse himself said in their Q4 report that its gonna take time. Give the man a minute to do his job, then make a judgement o...
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