ccanady said:
Ok correct me if Im wrong, but with this merger, it will make Sprint/Nextel the 3rd largest with roughly about 30 + million customers. But the company will have a largest coverage area covering more people then any carrier available today??? I read this in two different places but was not sure if I read correctly. The 1st place I read it was about 5 - 6 months before the merger was announced, and the other place was from RCR wireless magazine.

The combined company will have about 38 million customers (give or take a million). As for having the largest coverage area...I don't know about that. Individually Sprint and Nextel are known for adequate coverage. But combined? Who knows. Sprint-Nextel wil...
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yea, sprint and nextel will be number 3 with around 36 or so million customers, thats without including their boost mobile and virgin mobile prepaid services/products. if they combine their 800,1.9ghz and 2.5 ghz spectrum they will probably have the best coverage area/capacity then other providers. they just have to do very good planning with their cell sites and co-locations is very crucial.

this combine company will be very strong and will be a threat to verizon.