Sprint, Nextel Reach Tentative Merger Deal
That was fast.
Looks like sprint and nextel dont want to be left behind...Good for them. Now nextel customers can get nice phones...=)
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Nextel is goin to drop Iden,,and use the spectrum for CDMA.. makes sprints system faster...more spectrum...and nextel more coverage and more fetures...IE..faster internet and more phone options.
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besides, Nextel does have the best PTT technology and Sprint has the bandwidth that Nextel needed. All carriers are going towards PTT but the other formats are pale compaired to Nextel's (that works pretty damn good). It will be kind of like mating a male Fox Terrier to a female St Bernard... will be hard to do but it can be done!
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well nextel is going to scrap iden and the PTT system they have now anyways. so it doesnt much matter how good the sytem they are using now is just the system they are going to is. Which i read that Qchat is going to be very nice.
My biggest thing that ive been wondering is about the coverage issue that both company's have had. Neither company has built out their system to ATT, Cingular or Verizon standards. And if you look at the licensed area maps for both companys youll see they are almost identical in areas. Soooo, what are they going to do to adress the need for more coverage? While the cingular, ATT merger (cough....buyout...cough) was in the most part to help cingular vastly expand their gsm coverage pretty much overnight. the next...
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My biggest thing that ive been wondering is about the coverage issue that both company's have had. Neither company has built out their system to ATT, Cingular or Verizon standards. And if you look at the licensed area maps for both companys youll see they are almost identical in areas. Soooo, what are they going to do to adress the need for more coverage? While the cingular, ATT merger (cough....buyout...cough) was in the most part to help cingular vastly expand their gsm coverage pretty much overnight. the next...
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If you look beyond what websites say you will see that they are a good fit for each other.
You are correct in saying that their coverage will not be on par with Verizon or Cingular, they can now benefit from the economies of scale to reduce the cost of doing business.
Both companies have been building out like crazy during the alst few years so it won't be long before they are on par with the other big boys.-
You are correct in saying that their coverage will not be on par with Verizon or Cingular, they can now benefit from the economies of scale to reduce the cost of doing business.
Both companies have been building out like crazy during the alst few years so it won't be long before they are on par with the other big boys.-
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A fox terrier and a St. Bernard... LMAO!!!!!!
Just one question... who's the bitch?
A fox terrier and a St. Bernard... LMAO!!!!!!
Just one question... who's the bitch?
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zaakir said:
i dont get it, the networks arent even compatible.
That's actually irrelevant, because Nextel has been planning to replace iDEN and move to a new technology anyway. iDEN just doesn't cut it as a 3G technology, so they've been considering a move to CDMA.
This merger actually fits in perfectly with Nextel's technology path. They already own exclusive U.S. rights to QChat, a major CDMA PTT technology.
Here's a little more about Nextel's existing 3G plans:
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=61585 »
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Don't be fooled. Sprint and Nextel have been in contact for a while. They've been working together to work on spectrum swapping plans for MMDS spectrum (2.6-2.8 GHz) with the ITSF spectrum holders.
They also had to speak about what to do with that spectrum since sprint holds spectrum covering 1/3 of the nation and nextel spectrum holding the other 2/3s, roughly.
Nextel users will soon be offered CDMA phones. It will probably take 4-5 years to disconnect iden.
They also had to speak about what to do with that spectrum since sprint holds spectrum covering 1/3 of the nation and nextel spectrum holding the other 2/3s, roughly.
Nextel users will soon be offered CDMA phones. It will probably take 4-5 years to disconnect iden.
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viper said:
Don't be fooled. Sprint and Nextel have been in contact for a while. They've been working together to work on spectrum swapping plans for MMDS spectrum (2.6-2.8 GHz) with the ITSF spectrum holders.
They also had to speak about what to do with that spectrum since sprint holds spectrum covering 1/3 of the nation and nextel spectrum holding the other 2/3s, roughly.
Nextel users will soon be offered CDMA phones. It will probably take 4-5 years to disconnect iden.
I pretty much agree except that I feel that the NEXTEL/CDMA PTT phones will be offered a lot sooner than 4 to 5 years.
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MarkF said:
I pretty much agree except that I feel that the NEXTEL/CDMA PTT phones will be offered a lot sooner than 4 to 5 years.
Yes - you're both right. It probably won't take more than 2 years for them to roll out their new CDMA-based system, but that doesn't mean they'll shut down iDEN right away. There's usually a several-year transition period with these kinds of things.
Although this may be unique... Nextel may choose to accelerate the transition to get everything done in sync with re-banding plan mandated by the FCC.
I wonder what Motorola has to say about this as NEXTEL has only purchased phones from NEXTEL due to it be a proprietary standard and Moto. owns a big part of NEXTEL....
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Im not a wireless expert or anything but I would just like to say a few things. I think Sprint mergins with Nextel is huge. Nextel is extremely popular with PTT and Sprint was the only other carrier to succesfully provide PTT. I also think its good because I want Sprint to start carrying some Motorola handsets. If I am correct I believe iDEN is a form of GSM. Or maybe TDMA, not sure but either way I believe it is a slower network than CDMA and GSM. I dont understand how their PTT works and connects so fast. Which brings me to my second point. How will this affect the future of Nextel PTT. Is Sprint upgrading there network to something faster that would allow a seamless connection for PTT like Nextel? I have Sprint and ReadyLink and its an...
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iDEN is based partially on TDMA technology.
It's also based heavily on old-school walkie-talkie technology, which is why it's so fast. Nextel is more like a walkie-talkie system that was hacked to work like a phone system, while you could say Sprint is sort of the other way around.
Sprint-Nextel will have several options for a new CDMA-based system. Nextel has been thinking about an EVDO release A system that would do all voice using VoIP (phone calls and PTT). But Sprint might not be so keen on that... hard to say.
QChat could certainly be part of the solution. It's a very fast PTT system for CDMA. It normally requires 1xRTT release A, but I'm guessing it might also work with EV-DV release D, which is an option Sprint has already b...
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It's also based heavily on old-school walkie-talkie technology, which is why it's so fast. Nextel is more like a walkie-talkie system that was hacked to work like a phone system, while you could say Sprint is sort of the other way around.
Sprint-Nextel will have several options for a new CDMA-based system. Nextel has been thinking about an EVDO release A system that would do all voice using VoIP (phone calls and PTT). But Sprint might not be so keen on that... hard to say.
QChat could certainly be part of the solution. It's a very fast PTT system for CDMA. It normally requires 1xRTT release A, but I'm guessing it might also work with EV-DV release D, which is an option Sprint has already b...
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Well thanks for all of that information. It's pretty interesting the thing with these cell phone companies. I know i read something about Sprint in the works to updating there network over the course of the next couple of years. I am confident that Sprint will roll it out soon and its going to be a great new network. I look forward to all of these new improvements, like simultaneous voice & data capabilities, improved network speeds equivalent to that of a broadband connection. I use my cell phone as a modem for my laptop on occassion and it only connects at about 28.8 kbs which is really slow but its really cool to be able to have that feature. Eventually I will be able to connect at 128kbs or higher which is totally awesome! I would lo...
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