Deutsche Telekom Considering Sprint Nextel Bid
DT would have several advantages to buying Sprint.
a. More roaming income from other CDMA carriers.
b. T-Mobile USA could get GSM/CDMA capable handsets which would allow T-Mobile customers to roam on Verizon which would expand T-Mobile coverage.
2. Another possibility is that T-Mobile could take its US market to CDMA and sell off or collect roaming revenue from its GSM network. Or it could stay with GSM and use the CDMA network for roaming and or for MVNOs who wish to use the former Sprint network.
ATnT Nokia said:
1. This would give them access to a CDMA network which means:
a. More roaming income from other CDMA carriers.
b. T-Mobile USA could get GSM/CDMA capable handsets which would allow T-Mobile customers to roam on Verizon which would expand T-Mobile coverage.
2. Another possibility is that T-Mobile could take its US market to CDMA and sell off or collect roaming revenue from its GSM network. Or it could stay with GSM and use the CDMA network for roaming and or for MVNOs who wish to use the former Sprint network.
Just read the UK Telegraph's article and had a thought: if they buy Sprint, they could go CDMA and sell off T-Mobile's GSM network to Vodafone, which could in t...
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