Sprint Leaves SpectrumCo To Cable Cos
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do you think it's because they cannot really afford it? With the merger and all that debt, also with losing subscribers to other carriers it may cause them to tighten up just to keep the focus on wimax.
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cremz said:
do you think it's because they cannot really afford it? With the merger and all that debt, also with losing subscribers to other carriers it may cause them to tighten up just to keep the focus on wimax.
Very possible.
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sprint has gained subscribers since the merger, so I don't know what you are talking about...
It's more likely to save money and put it into WiMax, and expanding the PCS coverage...
It's more likely to save money and put it into WiMax, and expanding the PCS coverage...
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What I really mean is that compared to other carriers they have been slacking in net adds. It also has to do with the fact sprint figured they would be pulling net add numbers like verizon and ATT with the meger and it has done nother but hurt them so far. It also has a lot to do with sprint, of national carriers (and most regional carriers) is that they aren't adding new network out. Sprint is tryin to grow vertically first when they should be growing out. Churn is relatively high and as a business is cutting costs (dropping expensive subscribers and now this) to work towards their vertical growth, but I don't think they have a strong enough base to be profitable for a long time...
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I think the company could do better as a whole yes, considering I see the inside numbers as well as the public ones..I dont think, however, that them pulling from this is really that big of a deal. they still have pivot, which is going to be huge when it rolls out and the WiMax venture is going to be even huger ( is huger even a word? 🤣 ) with any carrier, national or regional, I dont think that net adds is the way to go, its about chrun, contracts, keeping what you have and making it stronger. that why sprint's biggest focus right now is mulitmedia and data services, thats the wave of the future, the actual cell phone market is so saturated right now its not even funny. all these companies need something new, fresh, and exciting rather...
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I do really agree, but their network is so small for a national carrier because it's spread so thin. Sprint doesn't really add towers for coverage saturation like every other carrier does. They are smart in building up wimax quicker, but their network may be the coolest, but one of the main reasons Sprint's churn is so high is because of a weak home network. PCS is a great service (call quality) but Sprint's service saturation is terrible. Phones are (outside of extremly major markets) constantly in roam and when phones are in roam it tends to drop more calls, text and voicemails take forever, and your phone battery does not last nearly as long because it is always searching for a PCS signal. Unlike Verizon and ATT the technology is relative...
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That is why that co-location of the Nextel towers is crucial. They will obviously use that spectrum Nextel has for future growth. They need to build out more towers, which they are, but more on a rapid basis.
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Well Sprint has been getting net adds but not as robustly obviously as the other carriers. They want to focus on this next generation 4g or Wimax technology and felt that the spectrum in the SpectrumCO Company won’t help them with their strategy. It was only a $100m investment so it’s not as if they will benefit or hurt from this decision.
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It is more likely that because they signed an agreement with Clearwire they don't need all the spectrum that they originally believed they would need.
Their finances are still fine. They are just being smart about not taking on the entire debt of their 4G network alone.
Their finances are still fine. They are just being smart about not taking on the entire debt of their 4G network alone.
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It only was $100m investment in the SpectrumCO so it was not beneficial for them because they will not use that spectrum. They still have that other joint venture with the cable companies called Pivot being offered. They just felt that they do not need the spectrum in the direction where they are heading.
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muchdrama said:
...why that played out the way it did if they needed more spectrum?
They've secured a lot of spectrum via their agreements with clearwire. They have almost 100 Mhz of MMDS spectrum in some markets.
That said, that spectrum is less than optimum. 2.5 GHz no give such good coverage which is why they are pushing mimo and other antenna techniques down the component food chain.
But i also believe that the the spectrumco created a conflict of interest.
Sprint has consistently claimed that the MMDS spectrum will be used for mobility and only mobility. I hear a very different story that says sprint want to target last mile cable/dsl "opportunity." Cable operators will be less than happy by ...
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Well don’t forget now that the current cable venture that they still have that is called Pivot on the DO network, they will be able to optimize the MMDS spectrum that Sprint has. Sprint just felt that this SpectrumCO wasn’t in their best interests.
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nextel18 said:
Well don’t forget now that the current cable venture that they still have that is called Pivot on the DO network, they will be able to optimize the MMDS spectrum that Sprint has. Sprint just felt that this SpectrumCO wasn’t in their best interests.
All that effort, and you expect us to believe that Sprint decided it simply wasn't in their best interests?
Yeah, right.
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muchdrama said:
All that effort, and you expect us to believe that Sprint decided it simply wasn't in their best interests?
Yeah, right.
I'm inclined to agree with muchdrama here. I suspect they sought to multiple paths to acquire additional spectrum. The MMDS path succeeded, they don't need spectrumco anymore.
I think this is a mistake though. Sprint's alliance with the cable operators could realy facillitate the promotion of femptocells (personal base stations that are tied to dsl/cable division and have wifi and a low power cellular radio).
I think sprint is making a lot of mistakes to be frank. Going after the "fixed opportunity" at this point in time (when over 50% of the US homes have broad...
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They do not really have time to back out of Wimax because they have to do something with the MMDS holdings or else they would lose it and are fined by the FCC because it was a condition to the merger. They would have to pick Flarion’s system but it was not in their best interest. Wimax is. If Sprint can market well and do well they will succeed. Look at the CAGR for Wimax.
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