TMO & MetroPCS merge, Sprint wants in

[gotsmack]

Because they are afraid if they don't merge/buy out/do something, they will get left behind and for dead.

I don't understand why they don't just spend the money on making their coverage/network/system better.

 

[Sid59]

I don't understand why they don't just spend the money on making their coverage/network/system better.

They don't have much resources. Here's a good read about Sprint.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443493304578034790630238514.html

 

[ViRGE]

Because they are afraid if they don't merge/buy out/do something, they will get left behind and for dead.

They are already dead. They just don't know it.:|

 

[Kenmitch]

They are already dead. They just don't know it.:|

Death by Apple....Slow and painfull it shall be

 

[Skott]

Adapt, overcome, or die out.

 

[Tom]

They are already dead. They just don't know it.:|

Be a sad day if Sprint dies. They are the only real competitor in the telephone/cell industry, historically.

ATT and Verizon are remade Bell System.

 

[Strk]

Be a sad day if Sprint dies. They are the only real competitor in the telephone/cell industry, historically.

ATT and Verizon are remade Bell System.

Colbert did a great bit on at&t a while back. He basically showed how they mostly ended up like they used to be

 

[slag]

They are already dead. They just don't know it.:|

I said that two years ago and their stock has gone up since.

Don't count them out yet.

 

[Skott]

I use Sprint. I'd hate to have to go back to Verizon or ATT. I did find Verizon service better than ATT though. Just didn't like their rate prices, etc., I love having a true unlimited data plan.

 

[s44]

This has finally cleared all hurdles. It will go into effect in a week (May 1).

Great news for consumers overall, I think.

 

[Bateluer]

This has finally cleared all hurdles. It will go into effect in a week (May 1).

Great news for consumers overall, I think.

Meanwhile Sprint is being courted by Softbank and DirectTV.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

metro brags about being an lte provider, but have you ever seen thier coverage map? its like ten small dots on a map, their lte may cover 1/1000000th of the country. no wonder they dont have demo phones in their stores, which always go out of business. this is just one loser teaming up with another loser

 

[ElFenix]

Meanwhile Sprint is being courted by Softbank and DirectTV.Dish.

s4gru guys don't seem too pleased at dish potentially winding up with sprint. hesse has the company headed in the right direction and dish would almost certainly fire him.

 

[ImDonly1]

s4gru guys don't seem too pleased at dish potentially winding up with sprint. hesse has the company headed in the right direction and dish would almost certainly fire him.

DN is awful and I would hate to have Sprint merge with them.

metro brags about being an lte provider, but have you ever seen thier coverage map? its like ten small dots on a map, their lte may cover 1/1000000th of the country. no wonder they dont have demo phones in their stores, which always go out of business. this is just one loser teaming up with another loser

MetroPCS LTE is marketing. From what I read, their LTE barely hits 1 Mbps I think because they barely deplayed it and only used 5Mhz of spectrum. They do have spectrum that T-mobile could use. I think it is a good thing for T-mobile.

 

[s44]

I believe Metro actually uses a fraction of 5mhz on their LTE links... horrific. Pretty much everyone will be better off when it goes into T-Mobile's network.

Softbank is a real carrier that actually knows how to run a network. Dish mostly just wants data access. Let's hope the Japanese get this one.

 

[Bateluer]

s4gru guys don't seem too pleased at dish potentially winding up with sprint. hesse has the company headed in the right direction and dish would almost certainly fire him.

Sorry, my bad. Dish Network, not DirectTV.

 

[bearxor]

The Dish offer is just a distraction. The due dillegence for the SoftBank aquisition is almost done and, if need be, SoftBank will just increase their bid to match Dish's but I'd give 50/50 on that even happening. Everyone involved that's been interviewed about it seems to think SoftBank is the right choice.

 

[Seven]

Sprint has acquired a big share of the US Cellular recently. It doesn't look that bad for them.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/..._1_subscriber-base-chicago-area-sprint-nextel

 

[Dari]

The Dish offer is just a distraction. The due dillegence for the SoftBank aquisition is almost done and, if need be, SoftBank will just increase their bid to match Dish's but I'd give 50/50 on that even happening. Everyone involved that's been interviewed about it seems to think SoftBank is the right choice.

The dish offer is not just a distraction. Dish has been buying a lot of spectrum worth billions of dollars and that is very attractive to Sprint considering how terrible their network speeds are. All Softbank has is money and expertise. If Dish's offer was not valuable they would not have priced theirs lower than Softbank's...

 

[wirednuts]

Because they are afraid if they don't merge/buy out/do something, they will get left behind and for dead.

i agree with this. theres just too many companies for what needs to be a universal system. i mean, i like that there are too many, but economics are going to continue to push the big 4 or whatever closer together.

 

[ImDonly1]

The dish offer is not just a distraction. Dish has been buying a lot of spectrum worth billions of dollars and that is very attractive to Sprint considering how terrible their network speeds are. All Softbank has is money and expertise. If Dish's offer was not valuable they would not have priced theirs lower than Softbank's...

And you know what SoftBank could buy with that money? Spectrum. Sprint already has enough spectrum with Clear, Nextel, and their own. Problem is they haven't refarmed or used most of it. It is spread out.

 

[lothar]

s4gru guys don't seem too pleased at dish potentially winding up with sprint. Hesse has the company headed in the right direction and dish would almost certainly fire him.

Fuck Dish.
If Sprint sells to them, they can forget me ever coming to their network.
Hesse has done wonders for Sprint since he's been there.

I hope SoftBank ends up with Sprint.
If anything we need more international CEO experience to come in, fight dirty, and break the US domestic monopoly of AT&T and Verizon.

 

[lothar]

The dish offer is not just a distraction. Dish has been buying a lot of spectrum worth billions of dollars and that is very attractive to Sprint considering how terrible their network speeds are. All Softbank has is money and expertise. If Dish's offer was not valuable they would not have priced theirs lower than Softbank's...

Clearwire(which Sprint owns a majority stake) also has lots of spectrum worth billions of dollars...
In January, Dish made its own unsolicited offer to purchase Clearwire spectrum covering approximately 11.4 billion MHz-POPs, which is approximately 24 percent of Clearwire's total spectrum holdings, for $2.2 billion. Last week, Verizon made an unsolicited offer to purchase some of Clearwire's spectrum license leases in major markets for up to $1.5 billion.

This is what needs to happen IMO:
1.) Sprint needs to acquire all of Clearwire(or get a massive majority stake that gives them 70+% control), along with all their spectrum.
2.) Sprint needs to get acquired by SoftBank.
3.) Sprint needs to completely phase out it's iDEN network by June of this year as planned so it can use that 800mhz for LTE.
4.) SoftBank's cash horde and expertise can finance the LTE rollout.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

DN is awful and I would hate to have Sprint merge with them.



MetroPCS LTE is marketing. From what I read, their LTE barely hits 1 Mbps I think because they barely deplayed it and only used 5Mhz of spectrum. They do have spectrum that T-mobile could use. I think it is a good thing for T-mobile.

metropcs is the ultimate cell phone ghettobrand. instead of "metro" they should be called ghettoPCS, their motto should be "servin' da' hood near ya'"

 

[Skott]

metropcs is the ultimate cell phone ghettobrand. instead of "metro" they should be called ghettoPCS, their motto should be "servin' da' hood near ya'"

And even then their service still wouldn't be worthy.