 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | TMO & Sprint?? I just can't see Sprint merging with TMO. Sprint can barely deal with their own LTE conversion and infrastructure upgrade and with all the issues around Clearwire and Lightsquared. And they have totally tapped out their financing avenues.
But what could be possible is a spectrum sharing deal, if TMO can get the money together somewhere to start their own conversion to LTE. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | said by Linklist:And they have totally tapped out their financing avenues. Bingo. Sprint will be lucky to survive its current financial situation, let alone be in a position to do any M&A. |
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said by Linklist:I just can't see Sprint merging with TMO. Sprint can barely deal with their own LTE conversion and infrastructure upgrade and with all the issues around Clearwire and Lightsquared. And they have totally tapped out their financing avenues.
But what could be possible is a spectrum sharing deal, if TMO can get the money together somewhere to start their own conversion to LTE.
Not to mention Sprint just spent $20 billion on iPhones. Why the devil would they spend another $20 billion+ on a completely incompatible network?
In fact where in the world would they get that money from? |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by sonicmerlin:Not to mention Sprint just spent $20 billion on iPhones. Why the devil would they spend another $20 billion+ on a completely incompatible network? They did it before with Nextel... 
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 Matt3All noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to Linklist
said by Linklist:I just can't see Sprint merging with TMO. Sprint can barely deal with their own LTE conversion and infrastructure upgrade and with all the issues around Clearwire and Lightsquared. And they have totally tapped out their financing avenues.
But what could be possible is a spectrum sharing deal, if TMO can get the money together somewhere to start their own conversion to LTE.
There is a key word you used that could make this possible, merge. So many people are focused on a Sprint buyout of T-Mobile, but a merger with Sprint as the managing entity is completely possible.
I agree that Sprint is unlikely to find the capital for a buyout of T-Mobile outright, and/or vice-versa. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
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Yeah, and at least T-Mo has some concept of what they're doing for their network. HSPA+ 42 has a lot of life in it, and where they have coverage (i.e. not many places), their network is legitimately amazing. Sprint, not so much. They don't really have any idea of what they are doing. They were goofing around with Clearwire, and now they have some half-baked LTE plan with maybe SMR CDMA or something, who knows. |
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That doesn't preclude the "merger of equals" option in which a stock swap is made by each side.
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Tulsa, OK | reply to pnh102
yeah we see how well that worked out. |
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