Ericsson to Take Over Operation of Sprint's CDMA and iDEN Networks
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This should allow for better handset deals, and most certainly a better customer experience on the front end. I see my stock going up soon.
That comment makes it sound like Ericsson is giving it all to Sprint for free. Does anyone actually think that Ericsson for some magical reason doesn't have to pay those 6000 employees that are transferring over to their payroll?
Economics 101 tells you that Sprint won't really save any money in the long run, and they lose a huge amount of control in letting those employees go to Ericsson.
For your own sake, stop kidding yourself, and stop drinking the koolaid.
That said, I know from personal experience that it takes almost as much technical management time & effort to monitor, guide, correct and in general manage outsource activities as it does to do them youself. That's a fact. If you let the outsource provider operate autonomously they get off track, and quickly.
It takes CONSTANT management to keep outsource activities heading in the right direction to reach your company's goals. Plus, Sprint-Nextel will now have an additional disconnect in the chain of command/control because Ericsson already has 275 million other customers for which to manage the network, which means Sprint's 45 millio...
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They also singed a 7 year deal signed with Ericsson in May of this year. They are only sending 350 employees to Ericsson though.
Maybe it's OK since they (Vadafone) are a top 3 if not the number 1 carrier in the world?
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