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Nokia Scores $7 Billion Deal To Build LTE Network

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Comments on news posted 2010-07-20 17:37:19: As we mentioned in March, Harbinger Capital Partners owns a satellite subsidiary by the name of SkyTerra -- who just so happens to have the spectrum necessary to build a national LTE network. ..

brianiscool
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2010-Jul-20 5:44 pm

Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.

They own the phones now they are building the cellular networks.
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KrK
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2010-Jul-20 5:48 pm

This could also be a game changer, if LTE is available coast to coast then finally the open handset market could start to kick in. (As in buy any phone you like and you can use 4G anywhere you like.) Problem is, of course, if they will be a decent carrier or not.
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bcltoys
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2010-Jul-20 5:53 pm

Sat/internet

Is it going to suck like sat/internet does now.
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tdouglas22
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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.

If they can get the subscribers and their tech is up to par for reasonable prices... they can be a game changer. Hell Cricket Wireless was a very small operation and they have grown to actually be a credible threat to mobile carriers.
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2010-Jul-20 6:03 pm

I'm not sure I've ever seen a story so incorrectly reported

Every major news outlet is running stories on this, and aside from a handful of tech sites, everyone has it completely wrong. Some (my local TV news) are saying they are building a replacement for the Satellite TV broadband network, to compete with DirecWay!
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hottboiinnc4
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2010-Jul-20 6:26 pm

i wanna know why they're going to use Sat HSD?

Nobody will know until this is completely done or they're offering service.
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caco
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2010-Jul-20 6:31 pm

I guess we can't get to 100% coverage

I guess the new it phrase is 90 + percentage of population. So basically they are over lapping the same folks that get service from the big four. Anyone think the price is gonna be any cheaper?

I guess it will be great if you live in a major population center.
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nonymous (banned)
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2010-Jul-20 6:59 pm

Maybe the price will not be cheaper but CAPS may be higher

We can only hope. If they are going for more data than phone calls as a market maybe design a more usable data product?
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DMS1
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2010-Jul-20 7:00 pm

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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.

said by brianiscool:

They own the phones now they are building the cellular networks.
Nokia and Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN) are not the same company.
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BosstonesOwn
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They have been making the network gear for quite some time.
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vpoko
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Re: I guess we can't get to 100% coverage

said by caco:

I guess the new it phrase is 90 + percentage of population. So basically they are over lapping the same folks that get service from the big four. Anyone think the price is gonna be any cheaper?

I guess it will be great if you live in a major population center.
And that's the way it goes, trying to cover some really out of the way areas where a tower will only server a few subscribers doesn't seem feasable with current technology and costs.
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Youngjm
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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.

We may find ourselves not liking the price of that phone. We all hate the contracts that come with the big four but that also comes with phone subsidies and better phones at better prices. Choices!
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KrK
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2010-Jul-21 4:11 pm

True, but...

Better to have the choice(s) and not want some of them then to want the choices and not have them!
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