Sprint Nextel Merger
People, People let's look at this for a second...... The main reason Sprint bought Nextel is for BUSINESS!!!!!! Step out of your boxes for a second and let it marinate. What well off business do you go to where you don't hear "chirp get these supplies" "chirp are you close to the office" Sprint's business SUCKED!!!!!!! they couldn't give it away. Are they going to combine CDMA and IDEN not likely! If so it's gonna take an a$$load of time and money. They have both don't get me wrong but to sacrifice one for the other not happenin'! Oh one other thing.... if you have seen any new comm. they are giving the BUSINESS free incomming calls not consumer. HMM.............sounds funny to me. But I'm just an outside thinker.
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actually they will be combining the cdma and iden networks. at least some spectrum, towers, and subscribers.
they offer free incoming for consumers and the business sectors.
they offer free incoming for consumers and the business sectors.
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My question is still, when while the signal improve? There is plenty of positive pr blitzes but I still hear cusumers on both ends complaining about the same darn issue for over 6 years now. I think this issue should be discussed then resolved not hidden. I also think they owe it to the costomers that stuck with them for years. Hopefully they will take it seriously before they feed the growing super-giant Verizon. Signal and call quality still sucks!
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well with one of the best CTO's at the helm we will see improvements. i mean it is common sense.
45k towers more, industry leading spectrum holdings= better signal and call quality.
(as you know cell phone carriers dont gurantee coverage)
every carrier has coverage issues... if one doesnt want those issues lol, they should get a satelite phone....
i am sure things will change, but one has to be patient.
45k towers more, industry leading spectrum holdings= better signal and call quality.
(as you know cell phone carriers dont gurantee coverage)
every carrier has coverage issues... if one doesnt want those issues lol, they should get a satelite phone....
i am sure things will change, but one has to be patient.
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Most satellite phones use CDMA or GSM as their default handler and switch to satellite when no signal present...
Either way, I understand where 'judog' is coming from. I would love to see Sprint Nextel succeed, however, I see more being done on the Sprint side of things because more can be done. They got techs climbing up on Nextel's old towers adding CDMA to 'em, on the Nextel side, the CAPEX they speak of I think is beiong used only on the maintenance side of iDEN not the expansion/capacity side...
Either way, I understand where 'judog' is coming from. I would love to see Sprint Nextel succeed, however, I see more being done on the Sprint side of things because more can be done. They got techs climbing up on Nextel's old towers adding CDMA to 'em, on the Nextel side, the CAPEX they speak of I think is beiong used only on the maintenance side of iDEN not the expansion/capacity side...
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i was joking with him... no one cell company has perfect coverage.. i was saying if one wants it they should get the satelite where its perfect most of the time.... (that is what i was saying)
judog and you dont understand i guess what sprint nextel is doing on both the iden and cdma side.
1. they are building thousands of cell sites nationwide on the iden side AND the cdma side.
2. they are starting to do co-locations with some iden and cdma sites.
the capex is being spent on both sides as mentioned before. they are spending billions on sprint's cdma side and billions on iden side. towers, capacity, IT, etc.. on both sides of the isle. (ie iden and cdma)
not sure why you arent getting that, but those are the facts. 🙂
judog and you dont understand i guess what sprint nextel is doing on both the iden and cdma side.
1. they are building thousands of cell sites nationwide on the iden side AND the cdma side.
2. they are starting to do co-locations with some iden and cdma sites.
the capex is being spent on both sides as mentioned before. they are spending billions on sprint's cdma side and billions on iden side. towers, capacity, IT, etc.. on both sides of the isle. (ie iden and cdma)
not sure why you arent getting that, but those are the facts. 🙂
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I guess we just have to see it to believe it, co-branding doesn't mean jumping on every Nextel tower and adding CDMA to it. Co-branding naturally goes both ways (if its possible)...
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it isnt co-branding it is co-locating. co-branding has to do with marketing and co-location has to do with towers.
and it does mean, becuase that is what their plans have been since the merger has been announced and pre-merger. it means they are adding iden and cdma towers to each of the respective networks, but in 06 that will change a little bit towards the cdma network as the integration gets slowly underway.
and it does mean, becuase that is what their plans have been since the merger has been announced and pre-merger. it means they are adding iden and cdma towers to each of the respective networks, but in 06 that will change a little bit towards the cdma network as the integration gets slowly underway.
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First of all, Sprint did not buy Nextel, it was a merger. Second, consumers can have unlimited incoming calls. In the press released during the merger process, they did talk about converting iDEN to CDMA, but like you mentioned it will take a long time and a lot of money. I am just waiting for Sprint to buy out all the affiliates and end this nonsense.
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it was a merger of equals actually but on paper sprint has to own 51 percent and nextel owns 49 becuase of a tax free spin off of the ilec.
it wont take a lot of money converting from iden to cdma... as soon as the spectrum in the 800mhz will be "transferable" and in a block of spectrum which should be in a few years after the re-banding (consensus plan with the fcc) is complete then they can easily transfer it over.
in fact they will transfer some of their spectrum, and towers in 2006-2007 time frame.
it wont be a lot of money becuase they will save the 2.6 billion dollars per year after they will decide to retire iden or not to use it as much or sell it to the governement or what not.
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it wont take a lot of money converting from iden to cdma... as soon as the spectrum in the 800mhz will be "transferable" and in a block of spectrum which should be in a few years after the re-banding (consensus plan with the fcc) is complete then they can easily transfer it over.
in fact they will transfer some of their spectrum, and towers in 2006-2007 time frame.
it wont be a lot of money becuase they will save the 2.6 billion dollars per year after they will decide to retire iden or not to use it as much or sell it to the governement or what not.
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agidman said:
First of all, Sprint did not buy Nextel, it was a merger. Second, consumers can have unlimited incoming calls. In the press released during the merger process, they did talk about converting iDEN to CDMA, but like you mentioned it will take a long time and a lot of money. I am just waiting for Sprint to buy out all the affiliates and end this nonsense.
It is indeed a merger, however, Sprint is the one that paid money to make the merger happen. Therefore, Sprint bought Nextel. Plain and simple. And now they co-exist as a MERGED company in which Sprint shareholders own 51% of and Nextel Shareholders own 49% of.
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actually its a merger of equals my friend. sprint only paid $2.5 billion in CASH to nextel shareholders the rest in stock. sprint didnt buy nextel. merger of equals means that when 2 companies with the same market cap, similiar outstanding shares, and with the same amount of people going to the new company.
the only reason why sprint has 51 and nextel has 49 is becuase sprint has to have control to do the correct spin off the ILEC.
they didnt spend $41 billion dollars to acquire nextel they spent in reality $2.5 billion.
the only reason why sprint has 51 and nextel has 49 is becuase sprint has to have control to do the correct spin off the ILEC.
they didnt spend $41 billion dollars to acquire nextel they spent in reality $2.5 billion.
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nextel18 said:
actually its a merger of equals my friend. sprint only paid $2.5 billion in CASH to nextel shareholders the rest in stock. sprint didnt buy nextel. merger of equals means that when 2 companies with the same market cap, similiar outstanding shares, and with the same amount of people going to the new company.
the only reason why sprint has 51 and nextel has 49 is becuase sprint has to have control to do the correct spin off the ILEC.
they didnt spend $41 billion dollars to acquire nextel they spent in reality $2.5 billion.
Whatever. 🙄
I'm not even going to waste my time trying to explain something to a brick wall. You will NEVER truly understand business operations and t...
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bahahahha. coming from a person who said they werent going to ever post on phonescoop again? lol ahhahahahaha.
why dont you try?
even our ceo and chairman and other execs said it was a merger of equals. (also analysts)
i dont understand business? hahahaha. that is why you think sprint bought nextel, which isnt the case. it was a merger of equals. 🙂
did you know why sprint has to claim 51 percent and nextel has to claim 49 percent? you didnt know that they were going to do a tax free spin off of the ILEC. did you know that they paid 1.26 per share plus .84 in cash? no. you didnt know that lol. did you know they only paid $2.5 billion in cash? nope. you didnt know any of these things. yet you say that i dont understand busines...
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why dont you try?
even our ceo and chairman and other execs said it was a merger of equals. (also analysts)
i dont understand business? hahahaha. that is why you think sprint bought nextel, which isnt the case. it was a merger of equals. 🙂
did you know why sprint has to claim 51 percent and nextel has to claim 49 percent? you didnt know that they were going to do a tax free spin off of the ILEC. did you know that they paid 1.26 per share plus .84 in cash? no. you didnt know that lol. did you know they only paid $2.5 billion in cash? nope. you didnt know any of these things. yet you say that i dont understand busines...
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Anyone can spout off numbers that have been highly publicized. That does not demonstrate an understanding of business. It demonstrates an understanding of reading and plagiarism.
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The execs are stating it that way so Nextel customers do not feel like they got the shaft.
Business definitions for you:
Merger - When 2 smaller companies combine and become one large company, usually involving the exchange of funds (cash and/or stock) from one ownership to the other.
Merger of equals - When 2 smaller companies combine to form one large company with no funds exchanged. Both smaller companies must have equal assets and financials.
But you are such a genius that you already knew that. So why do you waste your time trying t...
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The execs are stating it that way so Nextel customers do not feel like they got the shaft.
Business definitions for you:
Merger - When 2 smaller companies combine and become one large company, usually involving the exchange of funds (cash and/or stock) from one ownership to the other.
Merger of equals - When 2 smaller companies combine to form one large company with no funds exchanged. Both smaller companies must have equal assets and financials.
But you are such a genius that you already knew that. So why do you waste your time trying t...
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no... everyone knows that it is a merger of equals. the numbers mean it and even the execs say it as well as the analysts.
nextel customers arent getting "the shaft". shareholders actually got a pretty nice premium with some cash on the side. i know you are in love with your carriers and hate sprint-nextel but they will be a strong company and many people are saying that.
not sure why you said that about nextel customers becuase that isnt the case, but since you have no idea of what your talking about your opinion means nothing.
why do i waste my time? lol i am not the one who says he wont post ever again on here then he does.. then he posts 24/7 lol. i dont post 24/7 while you do. lol.
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nextel customers arent getting "the shaft". shareholders actually got a pretty nice premium with some cash on the side. i know you are in love with your carriers and hate sprint-nextel but they will be a strong company and many people are saying that.
not sure why you said that about nextel customers becuase that isnt the case, but since you have no idea of what your talking about your opinion means nothing.
why do i waste my time? lol i am not the one who says he wont post ever again on here then he does.. then he posts 24/7 lol. i dont post 24/7 while you do. lol.
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no... everyone knows that it is a merger of equals. the numbers mean it and even the execs say it as well as the analysts.
nextel customers arent getting "the shaft". shareholders actually got a pretty nice premium with some cash on the side. i know you are in love with your carriers and hate sprint-nextel but they will be a strong company and many people are saying that.
not sure why you said that about nextel customers becuase that isnt the case, but since you have no idea of what your talking about your opinion means nothing.
why do i waste my time? lol i am not the one who says he wont post ever again on here then he does.. then he posts 24/7 lol. i dont post 24/7 while you do. lol.
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no.. i mean you post 24/7 basically all the time..
yea i teach them.. i show them how their opinions, al though sound, arent right against facts.
no customer wouldnt get shafted if it says sprint together with nextel. lol. you can go to the sprint cdma of things or the nextel iden side of things.
i had them before and i liked them.
yea i teach them.. i show them how their opinions, al though sound, arent right against facts.
no customer wouldnt get shafted if it says sprint together with nextel. lol. you can go to the sprint cdma of things or the nextel iden side of things.
i had them before and i liked them.
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nextel18 said:
no.. i mean you post 24/7 basically all the time..
yea i teach them.. i show them how their opinions, al though sound, arent right against facts.
no customer wouldnt get shafted if it says sprint together with nextel. lol. you can go to the sprint cdma of things or the nextel iden side of things.
i had them before and i liked them.
I do not post 24/7. I post between 8 or 9AM and 5PM. WHILE I AM AT WORK!!!! Check my post history. You will not find a post outside of those times. But, then again, reading comprehension was never your strong point.
I am not saying the customers will get shafted. I am saying that the perception could be there because the "together with Nextel" ...
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here we go.. with your stupid comments and remarks...
your not saying that customers will get shafted? hmmm. "The execs are stating it that way so Nextel customers do not feel like they got the shaft" that is what you said. nice contradiction! lol.
why do you post when you working? arent you supposed to be actually working instead of gabbing online all the time every day?
lol every day you post from 9am to 5pm. lol that is basically posting all the time...
try going out sometimes 🙂
now you change what your saying? lol. hahah it doesnt matter if its in smaller print or not... nextel is still included and is advertised and mentioned as such. even when a customer calls into customer care or sales it says sprint together wit...
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your not saying that customers will get shafted? hmmm. "The execs are stating it that way so Nextel customers do not feel like they got the shaft" that is what you said. nice contradiction! lol.
why do you post when you working? arent you supposed to be actually working instead of gabbing online all the time every day?
lol every day you post from 9am to 5pm. lol that is basically posting all the time...
try going out sometimes 🙂
now you change what your saying? lol. hahah it doesnt matter if its in smaller print or not... nextel is still included and is advertised and mentioned as such. even when a customer calls into customer care or sales it says sprint together wit...
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here we go.. with your stupid comments and remarks...
your not saying that customers will get shafted? hmmm. "The execs are stating it that way so Nextel customers do not feel like they got the shaft" that is what you said. nice contradiction! lol.
why do you post when you working? arent you supposed to be actually working instead of gabbing online all the time every day?
lol every day you post from 9am to 5pm. lol that is basically posting all the time...
try going out sometimes 🙂
now you change what your saying? lol. hahah it doesnt matter if its in smaller print or not... nextel is still included and is advertised and mentioned as such. even when a customer calls into customer care o
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OK, to answer the question of whether it was a buy-out or a merger....
Sprint technically bought Nextel, although the relatively small amount of cash that was exchanged plus the rebranding is why people say "merger of equals", btw, the of equals is purely marketing.... if companies that merge aren't equal, someone got shafted! So in other words, Sprint technically bought Nextel, but for all intents and purposes it was a merger. Oh yeah, everyone who argues on here makes me laugh, a lot.
Sprint technically bought Nextel, although the relatively small amount of cash that was exchanged plus the rebranding is why people say "merger of equals", btw, the of equals is purely marketing.... if companies that merge aren't equal, someone got shafted! So in other words, Sprint technically bought Nextel, but for all intents and purposes it was a merger. Oh yeah, everyone who argues on here makes me laugh, a lot.
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