Sprint Nextel to Divest iDEN Properties
Be smart for any carrier to pick these up
The other thing is that the iDEN frequencies used by Nextel are not compatible with frequencies used by any CDMA or GSM carrier. I think it would make sense for SouthernLINC to buy these assets and pick a new name to reflect expansion out of the south. Airpeak or ARINC also run iDEN, but I'm not so sure they would want to buy properties. AirTel (based in Montana) used to run iDEN, but ran out of operating capital and ceased operations after failing to fin...
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AJ
WiWavelength said:
The most logical outcome of this ruling -- assuming that it is the final ruling in this protracted appellate court battle -- is that Sprint Nextel strikes an iDEN affiliate agreement w/ iPCS. Put simply, Sprint Nextel retains all spectrum licenses but transfers operational control of the iDEN network in the affected markets to iPCS. iPCS then operates those markets as transparently part of the Nextel national network, much as Nextel Partners did, and just as iPCS does now w/ its CDMA markets as part of the Sprint national network.
AJ
I too believe this is what will happen, but I doubt it will be iPCS running it, unless they're smart, and realize they actually will lose (the war) ...
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Re: Sprint Nextel Announces Process to Divest iDEN Assets in Parts of Midwestern States Options
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Basically, all they're doing is selling those portions of their network to some third party handler so they can comply with the court rulings.
What will happen is they will revert back to a pre-merger situation in those areas where some new "Nextel Partners" company will handle the paperwork and take over operations of iDEN so that iPCS will basically have no claim against them.
The real "moron" in this situatio...
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Personally, I believe that if Sprint had just let Nextel operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary for a few years, rather than forcing immediate assimilation, it probably would have worked out well for everyone.
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