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Sprint Parent Greenlights Network Plan

Jun 3, 2015, 12:12 PM by Eric M. Zeman

SoftBank has given Sprint the go-ahead to begin its network improvement plan. The nation's third-largest carrier plans to densify its LTE 4G network to improve coverage and capacity. "Sprint has developed an approved network plan in partnership with SoftBank that will allow for a cost-effective network build on an accelerated timeline," said the company in a statement provided to Fierce Wireless. Last month, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure predicted the company would have the number one or number two network in the country within two years. Sprint's Next Generation Network plan it to use small cells and macro cells to fill in its coverage gaps. The company is already evaluating proposals from telecommunication gear suppliers. Sprint has not said how many new cells it will install, but it did commit to offering voice over LTE, and said WiFi will also play a key role in its network plan. Sprint's coverage trails that of larger competitors AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

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rwalford79

Jun 3, 2015, 12:25 PM

Yet Another "Plan"

Wasn't Network Vision supposed to be the plan? Wasn't their 800Mhz network supposed to be the saving grace of coverage in-building and connect the gaps between coverage?

I sit here and think of Sprint much like a meth addict, starting so many new projects and never finishing the ones before, and if they do finish them, they are haphazard, rushed, and lacking substance, the easy road out.

crood

You could look at it in a couple of ways.

Vision and Spark were began before the Softbank merger, so this is the new regime's plan.

It's a case of not standing still and trying to get ahead of the game. By not waiting for existing initiatives t...
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muchdrama

rwalford79 said:
Wasn't Network Vision supposed to be the plan? Wasn't their 800Mhz network supposed to be the saving grace of coverage in-building and connect the gaps between coverage?

I sit here and think of Sprint much like

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muchdrama

Jun 9, 2015, 2:59 AM

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

We've heard this song before. And coverage is still as bad as it's ever been in South Florida.

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