Sprint, Weighing the 4G Future, Eyes T-Mobile for Help
Please Don't Do It Sprint
You passed on merging with Alltel, which would have significantly increased your footprint. Then you merged with Nextel which not only duplicated your existing foot print but caused you to spend billions settling lawsuits and trying to make two incompatible technologies work together...before coming to the grips with the definition of incompatible. Now...I'm not saying that Wi-Max and LTE cannot work together...I'm just saying that Sprint should not be involved with anymore merging of technologies especially when T-Mobile's footprint will not help.
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Azeron said:
You passed on merging with Alltel, which would have significantly increased your footprint. Then you merged with Nextel which not only duplicated your existing foot print but caused you to spend billions settling lawsuits and trying to make two incompatible technologies work together...before coming to the grips with the definition of incompatible. Now...I'm not saying that Wi-Max and LTE cannot work together...I'm just saying that Sprint should not be involved with anymore merging of technologies especially when T-Mobile's footprint will not help.
I totally agree. This is so not in their best interest. Sprint needs to forget about acquiring companies and different technologies and start fig...
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This says nothing about a merger. This is about getting someone to invest in Clearwire to fund the buildout. They would be partners in Clearwire, not a merged company.
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This would be something I would support. For these two to share the same technology, can propel both to a large network of great competition. Sprint would gain a considerable footprint overseas while Tmo would gain much needed spectrum for the US in order to offer great 4G coverage.
John B
John B
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Jayshmay said:
All I have to say is Verizon *needs* more competition!!!
Exactly. Competition in the cellular marketplace is not yet totally broken, but it's getting less stable every day.
Even IF Sprint and T-mo merged, they'd still be significantly smaller than VZW or AT&T (~80 mil if I'm remembering right).
A stable marketplace for wireless needs to have three comparable service options. We don't have that now. We have AT&T which is comparable to Verizon and Sprint which is comparable to T-mobile, and that's not a good thing.
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