Sprint Completes Tower Sale
MVNO
Sprint owns the spectrum, which is the right to broadcast at certain frequencies. They just sold the towers that do such a thing. Most towers are actually owned by 3rd-party companies. Most carriers tend to share towers anyways, meaning that the tower is 3rd party-owned. As far as engineering goes, that's up to the carrier.
Why contract a technician out to a bunch of towers to tighten nuts and bolts or weld and paint these poles when they could better their time in building out a much anticipated advancement in the wireless industry. Sprint/Clearwire have an enormous amount of 2.5 ghz spectrum for Xohm that is going to need more attention than running to Home Depot for a bolt or a can of paint!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVNO »
"A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a company that provides mobile phone service but does not have its own licensed frequency allocation of radio spectrum, nor does it necessarily have all of the infrastructure required to provide mobile telephone service."
Tower leasing companies end up Co-locating multiple carriers on many sites to cut costs, and also have to deal with all of the typical regulatory B.S. and NIMBY issues. If Sprint/Nextel have consolidated some/many sites, they can save a bunch.
Verizon Wireless is owned by Verizon + Vodafone (big $$$)
Verizon = big in its own right
Vodafone = big in its own right
Verizon Wireless can tap its parent companies for investment money if needed.
Sprint is owned by ... ? Shareholders directly.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=T »
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All carriers use Co-location in some areas.
Sprint was one of the few that owned most of its own sites.
I do use Sprint service (Blackberry 7100i)
I'm just not a 'fanboy' or a 'hater' I just say it how I see it.
Personally, I think ALL wireless carriers suck.
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