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Sprint's iDEN Base Drops 10% In One Quarter

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carmodboy99

Apr 28, 2011, 12:48 PM
Proof positive to what I said when they announced the shut down. you have a bout a million that jumped ship after they made than announcement, some to Sprint CDMA, some to other providers I imagine, and now theyre left with 8 MILLION DIE HARD iDEN SUBCRIBERS. They stand to lose more than a couple of those 8 million iDEN subs (I said 5, I was wrong) to whoever can provide that solution for them in Sprint's absence, namely SouthernLinc in some small capacity as they expand their network... SouthernLINC operating on an iDEN network will be the only one in the country thats still compatible with the Nextel Holdings in all of central and south Americas and Asia... Sprint is being very short sighted in just worrying about a nationwide solution to ...
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el3sixfive

Apr 28, 2011, 1:41 PM
Nii is looking at moving from iDen or a hybrid much like what Sprint did at first. The updated or upgraded version of qchat or whatever it is now is looking to have some type of off network ability and will work on 1xrtt and 800 cdma plus 3g and possibly 4g. SoutherLinc signed an iDen agreement with Sprint so I bet they are looking to move iDen also probably working with Sprint for help with a CDMA soloution or maybe a merger.
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nextel18

Apr 28, 2011, 5:53 PM
pathetic migration from IDEN to CDMA.
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Slammer

May 1, 2011, 11:04 AM
As I pointed out in a previous post:

Standard cellphone technology works by using two frequencies. One for transmitting and the other for receiving. Nextel's IDEN network not only has two frequencies for voice calling, it also has an additional frequency dedicated specifically for Direct Connect.

Migration of instantaneous DC to CDMA is not pathetic. It is impossible.

John B.
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nextel18

May 1, 2011, 11:09 AM
their whole strategy didnt work and that was just pathetic.
i know all about the freqs and iden 🙂 but what i am saying is that they had to plan it better; they didnt, thus they failed.
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Slammer

May 1, 2011, 1:13 PM
Two questions:

You made references to Sprint running Nextel as a separate company and Sprint being inept in the handling of the acquistion.

1) Why run Nextel as a separate entity if the largest asset for
them was scheduled to be put to sleep by way of Government mandate?

Next:

This was a very isolated technological challenge on the part of both carriers.

2) How would you have handled the extreme complexities of the acquistion knowing that the subs of Nextel where going to lose their DC?

John B.
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nextel18

May 1, 2011, 2:20 PM
1. did you know what the goverment made was? it wasnt to shut it down. it was just simply to change some spectrum holdings. just in case you forgot what the deal was; http://www.wileyrein.com/publications.cfm?sp= articles&id=94&newsletter=6

2. again they werent going to lose their DC.
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Azeron

Apr 28, 2011, 6:57 PM
I disagree. Those subscribers are worthless. Iden doesn't make money. A. Sprint never should have bought Iden, but B. When they bought Iden they should have hurriedly cannibalized the network and turned it over to CDMA. My two cents.
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carmodboy99

Apr 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
there aren't 8 million users on Sprint's iDEN chatting back and forth for free buddy, so I have to disagree when you say iDEN doesnt make money. They tried cannibalizing and ended up losing 1 million + every 3 months and doing lasting damage to their financial rating and outlook... clearly that strategy did not work.
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tpusa

Apr 29, 2011, 10:12 AM
there arent 8 million users on iden using ptt either.
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carmodboy99

Apr 30, 2011, 9:33 AM
??? what are they doing then, pray tell? theyre certainly on the iDEN network, whether theyre struggling to download something, talking or texting instead of using the PTT... well, youre right, I was being modest, whats the combined number, 8.7 million?
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