T-Mobile USA Possible Sale Damaging Verizon
It is said to be a viable option for Deutsche Telekom to sell T-Mobile USA.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/04/deutsche_tel ... »
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/07/03/t-m ... »
If Vodafone were to buy T-Mobile USA, this would surely spell doom for their stake in Verizon Wireless. Doing so would give Verizon Corp. full ownership of the wireless division, but they would be losing a very deep-pocketed financial backer in Vodafone. This could potentially put a huge burden on both Verizon and VZW to continue to invest as much money in their wireless network and services as they once did.
Any thoughts on this completely hypothetical situation as of now?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/04/deutsche_tel ... »
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/07/03/t-m ... »
If Vodafone were to buy T-Mobile USA, this would surely spell doom for their stake in Verizon Wireless. Doing so would give Verizon Corp. full ownership of the wireless division, but they would be losing a very deep-pocketed financial backer in Vodafone. This could potentially put a huge burden on both Verizon and VZW to continue to invest as much money in their wireless network and services as they once did.
Any thoughts on this completely hypothetical situation as of now?
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I dunno... kinda doubt Vodafone would want to switch horses from Verizon to T-Mobile. Verizon is very profitable and in a strong position in the US wireless market, especially with the EV-DO rollout being quite a bit ahead of its competitors' 3G rollouts.
T-Mobile's doing pretty decent too as the low-cost national carrier, but going forward they're going to be competing against three nationals that are far bigger than they are (Sprint/Nextel, VZW, Cingy), and they're going to have to spend many billions of dollars to get their 3G network going, something they're really behind in. Apparently this is part of why Deutsche Telekom may be thinking of selling.
I think the above reasons why Deustche Telekom would be keen to get out of T-Mo...
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T-Mobile's doing pretty decent too as the low-cost national carrier, but going forward they're going to be competing against three nationals that are far bigger than they are (Sprint/Nextel, VZW, Cingy), and they're going to have to spend many billions of dollars to get their 3G network going, something they're really behind in. Apparently this is part of why Deutsche Telekom may be thinking of selling.
I think the above reasons why Deustche Telekom would be keen to get out of T-Mo...
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I dunno... kinda doubt Vodafone would want to switch horses from Verizon to T-Mobile. Verizon is very profitable and in a strong position in the US wireless market, especially with the EV-DO rollout being quite a bit ahead of its competitors' 3G rollouts.
T-Mobile's doing pretty decent too as the low-cost national carrier, but going forward they're going to be competing against three nationals that are far bigger than they are (Sprint/Nextel, VZW, Cingy), and they're going to have to spend many billions of dollars to get their 3G network going, something they're really behind in. Apparently this is part of why Deutsche Telekom may be thinking of selling.
I think the above reasons why Deustche
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But its they only one Vodaphone have a chance of getting. I doubt they will be able to buy 100% control of Verizon, Cingular or Sprint/Nextel
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
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Correction said:
But its they only one Vodaphone have a chance of getting. I doubt they will be able to buy 100% control of Verizon, Cingular or Sprint/Nextel
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
That and the fact that they aren't picking up subscribers as fast as they were. Things are starting to slow down, and the fact that they aren't up to par with the big three isn't helping matters. I wonder just how much Vodafone backs Verizon?
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muchdrama said:Correction said:
But its they only one Vodaphone have a chance of getting. I doubt they will be able to buy 100% control of Verizon, Cingular or Sprint/Nextel
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
That and the fact that they aren't picking up subscribers as fast as they were. Things are starting to slow down, and the fact that they aren't up to par with the big three isn't helping matters. I wonder just how much Vodafone backs Verizon?
I could be completely wrong with this figure, but I think I read somewhere that Vodafone is a 40% backer of Veriz...
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SForsyth01 said:...muchdrama said:Correction said:
But its they only one Vodaphone have a chance of getting. I doubt they will be able to buy 100% control of Verizon, Cingular or Sprint/Nextel
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
That and the fact that they aren't picking up subscribers as fast as they were. Things are starting to slow down, and the fact that they aren't up to par with the big three isn't helping matters. I wonder just how much Vodafone backs Verizon?
I could be completely wrong with this figure, but I think I read somewhere t
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muchdrama said:...SForsyth01 said:muchdrama said:Correction said:
But its they only one Vodaphone have a chance of getting. I doubt they will be able to buy 100% control of Verizon, Cingular or Sprint/Nextel
T-Mobile does have alot of potential. Good sub base. Highly rated CS.
The only thing that really hurts them is the lack of a 3G project.
That and the fact that they aren't picking up subscribers as fast as they were. Things are starting to slow down, and the fact that they aren't up to par with the big three isn't helping matters. I wonder just how much Vodafone backs Verizon?
I could be completely wrong with this fi
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Aarynk said:...BetterThanJake said:
I dunno... kinda doubt Vodafone would want to switch horses from Verizon to T-Mobile. Verizon is very profitable and in a strong position in the US wireless market, especially with the EV-DO rollout being quite a bit ahead of its competitors' 3G rollouts.
T-Mobile's doing pretty decent too as the low-cost national carrier, but going forward they're going to be competing against three nationals that are far bigger than they are (Sprint/Nextel, VZW, Cingy), and they're going to have to spend many billions of dollars to get their 3G network going, something they're really behind in. Apparently this is part of why Deutsche Telekom may be thinking of selling.
I thi
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Anxiovert said:...Aarynk said:BetterThanJake said:
I dunno... kinda doubt Vodafone would want to switch horses from Verizon to T-Mobile. Verizon is very profitable and in a strong position in the US wireless market, especially with the EV-DO rollout being quite a bit ahead of its competitors' 3G rollouts.
T-Mobile's doing pretty decent too as the low-cost national carrier, but going forward they're going to be competing against three nationals that are far bigger than they are (Sprint/Nextel, VZW, Cingy), and they're going to have to spend many billions of dollars to get their 3G network going, something they're really behind in. Apparently this is part of why Deutsche Telekom m
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Agreed. For good competition/antitrust reasons, you'd like to see at least two CDMA nationals and two GSM nationals.
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T-Mobile is the fastest growing branch of DT and its growth rate comparatively is nearly as high as Verizon and Cingular. T-Mobile's potential has been growing incredibly fast for the past couple of years, until they've recently hit a brick wall with 3G. The money won't be a problem for Vodaphone to pony up for a new 3G network, even if they do spend $40 billion for T-Mobile initially.
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RUFF1415 said:
T-Mobile is the fastest growing branch of DT and its growth rate comparatively is nearly as high as Verizon and Cingular. T-Mobile's potential has been growing incredibly fast for the past couple of years, until they've recently hit a brick wall with 3G. The money won't be a problem for Vodaphone to pony up for a new 3G network, even if they do spend $40 billion for T-Mobile initially.
Money is not the only thing, they just DON'T have the spectrum.
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There was an article here on PhoneScoop detailing T-Mobile's struggles to gather enough money to buy spectrum in the 2006 auction. I understand they need spectrum but it's the time and the money that is working agaiinst them.
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RUFF1415 said:
T-Mobile is the fastest growing branch of DT and its growth rate comparatively is nearly as high as Verizon and Cingular. T-Mobile's potential has been growing incredibly fast for the past couple of years, until they've recently hit a brick wall with 3G. The money won't be a problem for Vodaphone to pony up for a new 3G network, even if they do spend $40 billion for T-Mobile initially.
I don't know about that. Tmobile USA needs an awful lot of spectrum to make a 3g network even possible. Vodafone isn't made of unlimited funds. Hell, even Deutsche isn't keen on ponying up that kind of cash right now.
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Vodafone has a larger cash flow than DT, which could make it easier on them to buy T-Mobile and put enough cash on the table to upgrade the network to 3G, something that DT has been struggling to do.
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Vodafone has been drooling over the opportunity to get their hands on a 100% ownership deal of a U.S. GSM network for awhile now. I just don't see DT allowing Vodafone to get their hands on T-Mobile USA, seeing as how much further ahead that would put Vodafone than DT in the global roaming aspect of things.
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I think it is more likely VZW will buy T-Mobile than Vodaphone. But that's just my humble opinion. 😎
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that would make NO sense, verizon already has greater coverage then t-mobile, and t-mobile is GSM, they are two totally different technologies
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smd said:
that would make NO sense, verizon already has greater coverage then t-mobile, and t-mobile is GSM, they are two totally different technologies
I tend to agree with nwdavis's original post. ATTWS was a different technology than Verizon, but still VZW was a big player in that buyout. VZW would buy T-Mobile simply for their subscriber base. It would make sense from that aspect, as they definately don't need the coverage from T-Mobile.
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Verizon didn't play any role in the ATTWS buyout. Vodaphone and Cingular were the two bidders in the end.
I don't think it would be business savvy for Verizon to buy T-Mobile just for the customers. If their network isn't in need of the coverage, and T-Mobile's spectrum offerings wouldn't boost Verizon's productivity of services, then they woud essentially be wasting $35 billion. I'm quite sure that even if Verizon did buy T-Mobile, they would have to sell off much of the overlapping spectrum, which would be like losing the directions to a gold mine that you payed too much for. Customers aren't worth $35 billion.
I don't think it would be business savvy for Verizon to buy T-Mobile just for the customers. If their network isn't in need of the coverage, and T-Mobile's spectrum offerings wouldn't boost Verizon's productivity of services, then they woud essentially be wasting $35 billion. I'm quite sure that even if Verizon did buy T-Mobile, they would have to sell off much of the overlapping spectrum, which would be like losing the directions to a gold mine that you payed too much for. Customers aren't worth $35 billion.
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I think we're overlooking a simple aspect here.
The majority of Verizon's coverage comes from roaming agreements. The great coverage that Cingular offers, roaming agreements. Have you ever actually seen these coverage maps WITHOUT the agreements? T-Mobile owns some damn good spectrum without the agreements.
The majority of Verizon's coverage comes from roaming agreements. The great coverage that Cingular offers, roaming agreements. Have you ever actually seen these coverage maps WITHOUT the agreements? T-Mobile owns some damn good spectrum without the agreements.
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Spectrum and coverage have little to do with each other. You can have little spectrum in many locations, but that will do you no good. Verizon has more spectrum than T-Mobile in many, many places, and Cingular has the maximum amount of spectrum allowed in almost all of the top US markets.
T-Mobile greatly lacks in spectrum, and that is exactly why they hit a brick wall when faced with releasing a 3G network.
T-Mobile greatly lacks in spectrum, and that is exactly why they hit a brick wall when faced with releasing a 3G network.
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To get a good idea of each company's actual network, look at their prepaid service maps. Verizon and Cingular's native networks still dwarf T-Mobile's.
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interesting opinion....
vodaphone wont buy tmobile usa... but vzw could..
thats quite interesting...
tmobile has 1.9ghz while verizon is buying a lot of it... hmm..
can you expand on your reasoning for your opinion?
vodaphone wont buy tmobile usa... but vzw could..
thats quite interesting...
tmobile has 1.9ghz while verizon is buying a lot of it... hmm..
can you expand on your reasoning for your opinion?
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nextel18 said:
interesting opinion....
vodaphone wont buy tmobile usa... but vzw could..
thats quite interesting...
tmobile has 1.9ghz while verizon is buying a lot of it... hmm..
can you expand on your reasoning for your opinion?
I don't advise it.
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who cares what you say.. i ask him what his reasoning was.. i didnt ask you.. you probably dont even have one....
regardless, i asked him, not you. butt out of people's conversations that wasnt addressed to you. (especially if your going to have a response as silly and stupid like the one you just said)
regardless, i asked him, not you. butt out of people's conversations that wasnt addressed to you. (especially if your going to have a response as silly and stupid like the one you just said)
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nextel18 said:
who cares what you say.. i ask him what his reasoning was.. i didnt ask you.. you probably dont even have one....
regardless, i asked him, not you. butt out of people's conversations that wasnt addressed to you. (especially if your going to have a response as silly and stupid like the one you just said)
What's silly about "I don't advise it."?
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if you have anything better to say , please do it, if not then please dont say stupid comments.
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vodaphone already said many times they arent interested in tmobile usa.... so there is no hypothetical situation...
plus verizon wireless makes a ton of money.
plus verizon wireless makes a ton of money.
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nextel18 said:
vodaphone already said many times they arent interested in tmobile usa.... so there is no hypothetical situation...
plus verizon wireless makes a ton of money.
Oh, man...give it up already. Vodafone bid so hard on ATTWS (all the while saying "we're not interested in ATTWS), Cingular almost got caught with their pants down.
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nextel18 said:
if they wanted att wireless, they would have.
Actually, Cingular just outbid them.
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lol... very good, but vodaphone has the money to bid and bid and bid if they felt like it. but i am sure they said well 48 billion dollars with the assumption of debt is far too much for a company that isnt worth that much.
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Uh, Vodaphone's final bid was 39 billion. Cingular bought AT&T for 40.5 billion.
I think Tmobile's final price will be around 25 billion. They don't have as much spare spectrum as AT&T or as big a network so they are not worth as much. This gives them plenty of spare cash to make the upgrade to UMTS.
I think Tmobile's final price will be around 25 billion. They don't have as much spare spectrum as AT&T or as big a network so they are not worth as much. This gives them plenty of spare cash to make the upgrade to UMTS.
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actually it was 49 billion with the assumption of debt. but thats ok...
yea, 25 billion might be appropriate for tmobible, but perhaps 30 billion would be a bit better for DT. i guess DT would get anything so that they can take a nice loss on their voicestream(tmobile) orrignal buy out...
spare cash? lol... ok even if it costs 25 billion dollars. i bet that tmobile would have to spend a lot of money to upgrade their problems that they lack of.. i wouldnt do it.. 18 million vs 45+ million subscribers= bad newws.
yea, 25 billion might be appropriate for tmobible, but perhaps 30 billion would be a bit better for DT. i guess DT would get anything so that they can take a nice loss on their voicestream(tmobile) orrignal buy out...
spare cash? lol... ok even if it costs 25 billion dollars. i bet that tmobile would have to spend a lot of money to upgrade their problems that they lack of.. i wouldnt do it.. 18 million vs 45+ million subscribers= bad newws.
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For the last time, Vodaphone could care less about subscribers. They are the largest wireless company in the world and they can't claim 45 million wireless customers from Verizon. If they had 100% ownership in a company, they would be grateful to add 18 million to their figures. Get a clue.
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yea, and lose money every year? voda isnt that stupid.
could care less about subscribers? wow.. thats interesting.. by the way if they wanted tmobile, they could have bought them earlier this year, but they didnt...
they wont get it. done.. the cons out weigh the pros.
could care less about subscribers? wow.. thats interesting.. by the way if they wanted tmobile, they could have bought them earlier this year, but they didnt...
they wont get it. done.. the cons out weigh the pros.
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Oh really? When exactly could they have bought them earlier this year? What were the circumstances?
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they could have bought tmobile in the beg of this year, when their option with selling their stake in verizon wireless. they can only sell their stake in certain periods of time. (according to the sec filings.)
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And they can only buy T-Mobile when it is for sale. Especially from a prime rival company such as DT. You are senseless.
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My only question is this.
Why are you right and everyone else wrong? Not one news article or post has agreed with anything you are claiming. Heck, even one of the contributors of this site has disagreed with your claims. You have no support. You have no credibility and no evidence that anyone backs your claim.
By the way, AT&T only had 6 billion in debt when Cingular aquired them. They also chewed right through that debt when they divested and sold assets to Tmobile and Alltel. ...'but that's ok'.
Why are you right and everyone else wrong? Not one news article or post has agreed with anything you are claiming. Heck, even one of the contributors of this site has disagreed with your claims. You have no support. You have no credibility and no evidence that anyone backs your claim.
By the way, AT&T only had 6 billion in debt when Cingular aquired them. They also chewed right through that debt when they divested and sold assets to Tmobile and Alltel. ...'but that's ok'.
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nextel18 said:
lol... very good, but vodaphone has the money to bid and bid and bid if they felt like it. but i am sure they said well 48 billion dollars with the assumption of debt is far too much for a company that isnt worth that much.
No. Vodafone doesn't have the money to bid and bid and bid. They had to stay within certain parameters. They wanted ATTWS bad, but not 48 billion dollars bad. Are you having trouble understanding the concept?
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You say they won't buy T-Mobile. You are truly gullible if you believe Vodaphone's disinterest in T-Mobile. We'll see. 🙄
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yes, I say.... its called common sense....
lets discuss the pros and cons between tmobile and verizon wireless..
oh yea, before we get into that, let me remind you that tmobile is in the same boat as att wireless, both terrible...
anyway, let us start
pros=
wireless high speed data= verizon
subscribers= verizon
covered pops= verizon
spectrum= verizon
more profitable= verizon
cons=
lack of high speed data= tmobile
subscribers= tmobile
covered pops= tmobile
lack of spectrum= tmobile
less profitable= tmobile..
looks like verizon is the clear handsdown winner to keep...
vodaphone will probably go after sprintel.
lets discuss the pros and cons between tmobile and verizon wireless..
oh yea, before we get into that, let me remind you that tmobile is in the same boat as att wireless, both terrible...
anyway, let us start
pros=
wireless high speed data= verizon
subscribers= verizon
covered pops= verizon
spectrum= verizon
more profitable= verizon
cons=
lack of high speed data= tmobile
subscribers= tmobile
covered pops= tmobile
lack of spectrum= tmobile
less profitable= tmobile..
looks like verizon is the clear handsdown winner to keep...
vodaphone will probably go after sprintel.
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nextel18 said:
yes, I say.... its called common sense....
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This from a guy that said, and I quote, "Cingular won't be profitable for another 75 years due to the ATTWS buyout".
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You seem to be overlooking the idea of 100% ownership vs. a 45% stake. Also, you seem to be forgetting the issue of GSM vs. CDMA, especially considering Vodaphone's entire international network is GSM/UMTS. Verizon's CDMA network is simply not benefitting them.
Vodaphone will go after Sprint-Nextel you say? Well it's good to see you're an optimist, but unfortunately not a realist. 🙄
Vodaphone will go after Sprint-Nextel you say? Well it's good to see you're an optimist, but unfortunately not a realist. 🙄
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RUFF1415 said:
You seem to be overlooking the idea of 100% ownership vs. a 45% stake. Also, you seem to be forgetting the issue of GSM vs. CDMA, especially considering Vodaphone's entire international network is GSM/UMTS. Verizon's CDMA network is simply not benefitting them.
Vodaphone will go after Sprint-Nextel you say? Well it's good to see you're an optimist, but unfortunately not a realist. 🙄
I wouldn't say that Verizon's CDMA network isn't benefitting Vodafone, but your argument about Voda's stake in Verizon is solid. Why not control a carrier totally?
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yea,, well what about tmobile's 18 million subs vs the other 45+ million customers? what about that?
yea, voda will go for sprintel in my opinion.
why not? its making money.. excellent growth potentials.
yea, voda will go for sprintel in my opinion.
why not? its making money.. excellent growth potentials.
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"Yeah!? Yeah?! Well what about that?! What about the customers?!" 🤣
Vodaphone has the largest customer base of any wireless company in the world, not including Verizon's 45 million. Vodaphone, at the moment, could not care less about how many subscribers a US division would have. Vodaphone simply wants a GSM/UMTS network in the states to add to their HUGE international GSM/UMTS network for their current customers worldwide. Anyway, any US division that they had 100% ownership of would look better in figures considering Verizon's 45 million mean jack in their owned customers. Add 18 million to their current figures and I'll think they'll be pleased. Besides, I've already told you countless times, it's the GSM network that has...
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Vodaphone has the largest customer base of any wireless company in the world, not including Verizon's 45 million. Vodaphone, at the moment, could not care less about how many subscribers a US division would have. Vodaphone simply wants a GSM/UMTS network in the states to add to their HUGE international GSM/UMTS network for their current customers worldwide. Anyway, any US division that they had 100% ownership of would look better in figures considering Verizon's 45 million mean jack in their owned customers. Add 18 million to their current figures and I'll think they'll be pleased. Besides, I've already told you countless times, it's the GSM network that has...
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I dunno, Ruff... Vodafone making a move is not impossible. But I've heard this story referred to as the 'Haley's Comet' of wireless rumors... something that shows up over and over again to big portents, and then is gone into the night with nothing changed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
If it ever happens (and that's a big 'IF'), I'm sure we can worry about it then. But for now, I'm sure not holding my breath. 🙂
If it ever happens (and that's a big 'IF'), I'm sure we can worry about it then. But for now, I'm sure not holding my breath. 🙂
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I dunno, Ruff... Vodafone making a move is not impossible. But I've heard this story referred to as the 'Haley's Comet' of wireless rumors... something that shows up over and over again to big portents, and then is gone into the night with nothing changed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
If it ever happens (and that's a big 'IF'), I'm sure we can worry about it then. But for now, I'm sure not holding my breath. 🙂
I know that Vodafone making a move is not impossible. That is who I believe will be making the move, as much as Nextel18 thinks otherwise. 🙄
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Plus, T-Mobile has been losing steam. And the denial of the "rumors" is standard procedure of companies who want to keep things under wraps until a final decision is made. I'm sure T-Mobile doesn't want their "business as usual" affected by a leak. Customers could leave and new ones could avoid T-Mobile altogether, until thing are settled that is.
I don't believe this is a false alarm. T-Mobile has finally hit a brick wall with 3G grafiti written all over it.
I don't believe this is a false alarm. T-Mobile has finally hit a brick wall with 3G grafiti written all over it.
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really? then they could have already have bought tmobile or att wireless if they wanted too. so far they havent.
those 18 million subscribers will probably not stay with them very long...
its a dumb decision if they would buy them.. sorry.
those 18 million subscribers will probably not stay with them very long...
its a dumb decision if they would buy them.. sorry.
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Sorry for what? Sorry for cluttering these forums with senseless garbage?
You can keep your opinion...until then. 😉
You can keep your opinion...until then. 😉
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i feel sorry for you.. you cant figure out the pros and the cons and that the cons outweigh the pros. since you and others have said that voda is a great company ie managed etc.. then they wont do anything stupid.. you should know that.
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nextel18 said:
really? then they could have already have bought tmobile or att wireless if they wanted too. so far they havent.
Voda did try to buy AT&T but were screwed by some behind the scenes mauuevering after they thought they had bought them. And no they did not bid on AT&T just to drive the price up for Cingular.
They haven't bought T-Mo because it has not been for sale until now (possibly).
Your list of pros and cons (elsewhere in this thread) is terribly simplistic and reflects very few of the issues (both pro and con) which Voda would use to make the decision to purchase T-Mo USA.
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Well, they could have gone to DT and say look I want to buy tmobile USA from you guys what is the price? They could have done that. They could also have outbid cingular if they wanted too, since they do have that capital power as well as another 20+ billion dollars from their stake in verizon wireless.
My opinions with regarding the pros and cons are relevant and very important in deciding whether to purchase a company.
I actually look into many things regarding my theory that vodaphone wants sprint/Nextel.
1. Nextel/sprint will be the most profitable wireless company in the industry according to Forbes and other brokerage firms who loves them.
2. They have a great growth story and continue to make a lot of money
3. One ...
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My opinions with regarding the pros and cons are relevant and very important in deciding whether to purchase a company.
I actually look into many things regarding my theory that vodaphone wants sprint/Nextel.
1. Nextel/sprint will be the most profitable wireless company in the industry according to Forbes and other brokerage firms who loves them.
2. They have a great growth story and continue to make a lot of money
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nextel18 said:
They could also have outbid cingular if they wanted too, since they do have that capital power as well as another 20+ billion dollars from their stake in verizon wireless.
VodaFone did outbid Cingular. However, Cingular made an unknown (to VodaFone) deal with AT&T the offered them more money than VodaFone's winning bid. Cingular was forced to sign the contract within 60 seconds of seeing it, otherwise VodaFone's winning bid would have been final.
nextel18 said: 5. Yes, any company would love to buy out sprint/Nextel as a wireless company.
Unless of course, VodaFone's eyes have always been on a GSM newtork, and not a CDMA one. 🙄
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nextel18 said:
yea,, well what about tmobile's 18 million subs vs the other 45+ million customers? what about that?
yea, voda will go for sprintel in my opinion.
why not? its making money.. excellent growth potentials.
Vodafone buying Sprint or Nextel. Right. Sure.
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what stupidity? saying pros and cons and saying common sense? why whats wrong with that? you have no opinion on it, or you have no idea about this industry, kinda like muchdrama....
anyway.. why dont you contribute instead of saying stupid comments?
anyway.. why dont you contribute instead of saying stupid comments?
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nextel18 said:
what stupidity? saying pros and cons and saying common sense? why whats wrong with that? you have no opinion on it, or you have no idea about this industry, kinda like muchdrama....
anyway.. why dont you contribute instead of saying stupid comments?
Buddy, the amount of common sense you possess I could fit into a thimble.
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VZW should buy t mob not vodafone, they could easily give people either a standard free cdma phone or allow them to upgrade like a brand new customer. if that happened, vzw would be unstoppable wonder if the fcc would allow it to go through. good point mentioned by someone else that over time their towers could be refitted with cdma technology while their existing towers actually improves service for their fanbase it looks like a win-win for both companies...
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IMO I think Verizon should by T-Mobile. The automatic add to their customer base would put them back as the largest wireless carrier. The GSM network could be added to their trimode phones in place of the soon to dissapear analog network, which would allow all of Verizons customers to go global. And since Ts net is mostly only in major cities, it would assist Verizon with capacity issues in the future as the company continues to grow its customer base by allowing customers phones to automatically switch to the available GSM from CDMA when a tower is at capacity.
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I'm sorry to say but I believe that is nearly impossible. If Verizon Corp bought out T-Mobile to intregrate into Verizon Wireless' network, there would be too much tention created between Vodafone and Verizon for ruining Vodafone's chances at a national GSM network, and Verizon Corp may be left struggling with two wireless companies and no money left to do anything about them.
That, IMHO, would be a horribly unwise decision on Verizon Corp's part.
That, IMHO, would be a horribly unwise decision on Verizon Corp's part.
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Verizon and Vodafone are probly not going to buy T-Mobile. Probly a cable TV service provider that wants to bundle service will buy T-Mobile. It would be a stupid move to give up a percentage in Verizon for T-Mobile.
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