Sprint, Nextel Exploring Merger
Told You So
i've been saying this a long time.
Sprint and Nextel can't compete with behemoths like cincular and verizon.
Here is what i would do.
1) deploy extra channels of EV-DO or just 1XRTT at 1.9 GHz.
Nextel has that fresh 1.9 GHz spectrum which with which to do this. Sprint has the towers and footprint. Sprint can also employ some of nextel's towers for additional cell splitting. This puts nextel's existing user base on CDMA.
2) Deploy flarion at 2.6-2.8 MMDS spectrum
This gives you a true data technology for mobile data cards, residential fixed DSL/cable replacement, and some SOHO DSL/cable replacement. You start small and you EV-DO as a fallback for the mobile data users.
Don't forget Sprint has about 1/3 of this spect...
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Sprint and Nextel can't compete with behemoths like cincular and verizon.
Here is what i would do.
1) deploy extra channels of EV-DO or just 1XRTT at 1.9 GHz.
Nextel has that fresh 1.9 GHz spectrum which with which to do this. Sprint has the towers and footprint. Sprint can also employ some of nextel's towers for additional cell splitting. This puts nextel's existing user base on CDMA.
2) Deploy flarion at 2.6-2.8 MMDS spectrum
This gives you a true data technology for mobile data cards, residential fixed DSL/cable replacement, and some SOHO DSL/cable replacement. You start small and you EV-DO as a fallback for the mobile data users.
Don't forget Sprint has about 1/3 of this spect...
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Keep in mind that Nextel's new 1900 MHz PCS spectrum is just above the existing PCS band, so no current CDMA phone could use it. Presumably, if CDMA is deployed in that band, most new CDMA phones from that point forward would support the new, extended PCS (EPCS) band, but we're not there yet.
As for Flarion, I don't see that happening. Right now, (merger aside,) Nextel is trying to decide between Flarion and EV-DO release A. Whichever they went with, they would probably use VoIP for voice, instead traditional circuit-switched voice. Weird, I know, but Verizon has been talking about it, too...
But if this merger happens, that would make their choice for them. Sprint is already deploying EV-DO, and release A is on their roadmap, too. It ...
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As for Flarion, I don't see that happening. Right now, (merger aside,) Nextel is trying to decide between Flarion and EV-DO release A. Whichever they went with, they would probably use VoIP for voice, instead traditional circuit-switched voice. Weird, I know, but Verizon has been talking about it, too...
But if this merger happens, that would make their choice for them. Sprint is already deploying EV-DO, and release A is on their roadmap, too. It ...
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Richard,
Sprint should be able to simply deploy more radio cards in sprint's existing spectrum. That should be it for tier three and below and even some tier two markets. Remember sprint has an average of fewer than two RF carriers deployed per market per direction.
In populated areas Sprint can deploy extra RF carriers in Nextel's spectrum. Deploying in the nextel spectrum is basically just a matter of tuning the RF a little differently. You might already have some RF devices which are sufficiently widebanded to accomodate that spectrum. Its not a big change in any case and you are basically adding radio channels to sprint's base stations...beautiful.
Don't forget also that Sprint pcs deployed lucent base stations in a lot of mar...
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Sprint should be able to simply deploy more radio cards in sprint's existing spectrum. That should be it for tier three and below and even some tier two markets. Remember sprint has an average of fewer than two RF carriers deployed per market per direction.
In populated areas Sprint can deploy extra RF carriers in Nextel's spectrum. Deploying in the nextel spectrum is basically just a matter of tuning the RF a little differently. You might already have some RF devices which are sufficiently widebanded to accomodate that spectrum. Its not a big change in any case and you are basically adding radio channels to sprint's base stations...beautiful.
Don't forget also that Sprint pcs deployed lucent base stations in a lot of mar...
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