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Sprint Joins Rural Carrier Association

Apr 20, 2011, 9:31 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Apr 20, 2011, 10:04 AM

Despite its national footprint and status as the country's third-largest wireless network operator, Sprint has joined the Rural Carrier Association. The RCA says Sprint joined, in part, to help the association lobby the government regarding threats to the RCA members' businesses. In a prepared statement, Sprint said, "The competitive carriers who make up the RCA are engines of innovation in the wireless industry. At Sprint, we have many issues of mutual concern with RCA members and we look forward to advocating for policies that promote competition and a level playing field across the wireless industry." The RCA and Sprint have both been early, outspoken opponents of AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, which they believe will harm competition and innovation in the industry. The RCA also recently appointed Cellular South CEO, Hu Meena, as the organization's new chairman of the board. Meena will head the RCA until April 2012.

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wvucraig

Apr 20, 2011, 3:56 PM

HAHA

Hey Sprint, instead of worrying about what AT&T and T-Mobile are doing, how about you fix your crappy network? I am sick and tired of hearing Sprint complain about this proposed merger. I think it's nothing more than sour grapes because AT&T got to them first. DAN HESSE - GROW UP. 🙄

planethulk

You do know that the Sprint network is consistently rated at the top or share the top with Verizon, right? The "crappy" tag belongs on AT&T and Tmobile.

retailrep

Sprint is spending billions over the next five years on improving their "crappy" network. It will be very difficult to do that with two companies owning 80% of the market. If you dont understand that may GOD bless your soul...

Troll-Bait

Apr 20, 2011, 5:25 PM

Sprint joins up with the competition...

To make a bold statement that there is, in fact, no competition?

HOW does this make sense?

Hooray for the anti-dog-eat-dog law!
(anyone get the reference???)

WiWavelength

Troll-Bait said:
To make a bold statement that there is, in fact, no competition?

HOW does this make sense?

"[N]o competition" is your exaggeration. Sprint has repeatedly said that this extreme consolidation ...
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Hitur Petar

Apr 21, 2011, 2:22 AM

The law is the law....

Sprint want current law to be applied to the situation. Nothing more. There is not a precedent for this kind of consolidation, and the legality of it is a big question. T Mo knows this, and that is why they required such a big payment if the deal does not go thru. To think that it's only Sprint questioning the deal is crazy. They would be better off with T Mo around. They want to compete. But when over 80% of customers are with 2 companies, it's not a fair use of the PUBLICLY OWNED airwaves. This isn't like selling cars. This is an industry based on the lease of publicly owned assets, therefore, subject to a reasonable amount of public interest oversite. If att is so keen to improve coverage, why don't they just fix THEIR crappy network inst...
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Android Ace

Apr 20, 2011, 9:52 AM

lol wut

//The RCA and Sprint have both been early, outspoken opponents of AT&T's proposed acquisition of AT&T//

Typos aside, this is a good move by Sprint. Does this also mean that Sprint's rural coverage will improve?

insider.

idk. that would be a good move on sprint's part. but i doubt they are goign to do it!

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