Comments on: How Deutsche Telecom Makes A Sprint Acquisition Work

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:48:51 +0000

And my response to that:

http://www.wireless-weblog.com/50226711/sprint_ceding_wimax_to_clearwire.php

By: spg

spg — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:16:42 +0000

this is interesting:

http://gigaom.com/2008/05/06/clearwire-wimax-32-billion/

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00:55 +0000

Who knows how this will all play out. Could be interesting…

By: spg

spg — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:21:34 +0000

it is hard for me to imagine the WiMAX spectrum as a possible sell off. it is exactly what makes sprint so interesting as an acquisition in the first place. on the other hand it may make quite a lot of sense for t-mobile to use the spectrum for LTE instead. that would be more consistent with their global strategy. it would actually not surprise me if sprint were acquired by a party interested in a pure data network who would sell off all the current customers. just a wild idea here: google(or microsoft or apple) buys sprint and sells off the customer base to verizon and alltel(because they have the compatible networks) and than uses both existing CDMA infrastructure and WiMAX to offer a pure data service(free?)

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:09:02 +0000

For all we know, this is not much more than idle speculation. Not sure what’s different this time versus the other times it’s been discussed.

The point of my post, in terms of a “migration” strategy, is not to force a migration to GSM/UMTS/HSDPA/LTE until the network is up to snuff.

I have a feeling that any potential merger would involve the sale of some Sprint assets and spectrum in order to satisfy regulators. Perhaps Clearwire will get a nationwide WiMAX network out of the deal?

By: spg

spg — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:42:20 +0000

unlike with iDEN t-mobile may find that customers are happy to switch from CDMA to GSM as long as they fully develop UMTS/HSDPA prior to the migration. but the really interesting part would be turning XOHM(WiMAX) into one massive nationwide t-mobile hot spot.

but to be honest i would really like to see google or some other non-telecom entity end up with XOHM(and clearwire?)

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:19:06 +0000

I don’t know. I mean, having Sprint currently I don’t think I want to move over to GSM. Granted, LTE could be awesome, but currently, I’m not a fan of T-Mo. From a network quality standpoint. I’ve just never been blown away by the call quality. Remember that the network they use in DC/Baltimore is what Sprint abandoned when it transitioned from Sprint Spectrum to Sprint PCS.

Excellent job pointing out how poorly the last merger of 2 incompatible networks turned out. I’d love to see more ideas, especially from DT/T-Mobile – you have to figure that they’re as tuned in to how badly Sprint/Nextel went/is going as anyone and have to have SOMEthing up their sleeve to even consider a purchase.

Great post.

- Alex
http://www.capitolvalley.net

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