DT's negatives and benefits of a potential buyout of Sprint.
Well DT or any other company for that matter. Even Alltel and its private equity owners could perhaps pursue Sprint. Comcast, Google, DT, Kddi, and others are all in the running for this company, but DT is more suitable because of their great T-mobile USA operations that continue to do well without a true 3G network.
There seems to be more negatives that outweigh the benefits though.
Positives;
1. Increase the spectrum position
2. Increase the subscriber base
3. Enter the enterprise market
4. Can reach synergies
Negs;
1. Market share loss and brand loss.
2. Nextel network and re-branding.
3. Regulatory risk
4. Integrating the CDMA network.
5. Financial issues.
There seems to be more negatives that outweigh the benefits though.
Positives;
1. Increase the spectrum position
2. Increase the subscriber base
3. Enter the enterprise market
4. Can reach synergies
Negs;
1. Market share loss and brand loss.
2. Nextel network and re-branding.
3. Regulatory risk
4. Integrating the CDMA network.
5. Financial issues.
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what our thought about sprint losing another million plus customers last quarter?
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The biggest problem that I see with this the blending of yet again, two completely different cellular networks.
You know well that overall, CDMA is a superior way of doing cellular vs. GSM. My thinking on this is that TMO would be more likely to switch Sprint over to GSM since it is the world standard. I don't see DT running two separate networks for very long, just as Sprint was planning on the eventual demise of iDEN.
You know well that overall, CDMA is a superior way of doing cellular vs. GSM. My thinking on this is that TMO would be more likely to switch Sprint over to GSM since it is the world standard. I don't see DT running two separate networks for very long, just as Sprint was planning on the eventual demise of iDEN.
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the biggest difference between Sprint nextel merger and the Sprint DT (this doesnt mean that they would have to merge the brands but they could) is that GSM and CDMA can work together and already do on some phones(such as the world edition blackberry) to create a much better overall device
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cjs5177 said:
the biggest difference between Sprint nextel merger and the Sprint DT (this doesnt mean that they would have to merge the brands but they could) is that GSM and CDMA can work together and already do on some phones(such as the world edition blackberry) to create a much better overall device
Provided that DT keeps Sprint's network up and running, and doesn't decide it's more cost effecient without it.
Maybe not though. A dual mode device would be great!
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It is tough just to get rid of a network like that. If DT does buy out Sprint, DT would look to spin something off.
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I was right. I told u Nextel18 that Sprint was in trouble. That buying Nextel was a mistake.
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Hmmm... Synergies. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Or maybe you use it as many other use it, just as a buzzword. A new-found version of "et cetera," that vaguely implies "lay-off redundant employees and systems," but that's not what the word is supposed to mean.
Right now, I think that DT buying Sprextel would mean more hemorrhaging, not less.
Point by point:
1) Increase the spectrum position
Well, that's all fine and dandy if you have a clear 4G path, which T-Mob doesn't b/c of spectrum issues. And while Sprextel has thrown itself into WiMax, I think they are hindered by the extant T-Mob network. And I'm not talking GSM, I'm talking infrastructure. GSM's path is through LTE, which b...
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Or maybe you use it as many other use it, just as a buzzword. A new-found version of "et cetera," that vaguely implies "lay-off redundant employees and systems," but that's not what the word is supposed to mean.
Right now, I think that DT buying Sprextel would mean more hemorrhaging, not less.
Point by point:
1) Increase the spectrum position
Well, that's all fine and dandy if you have a clear 4G path, which T-Mob doesn't b/c of spectrum issues. And while Sprextel has thrown itself into WiMax, I think they are hindered by the extant T-Mob network. And I'm not talking GSM, I'm talking infrastructure. GSM's path is through LTE, which b...
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