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So maybe we'll see some Sony Ericcson and Nokia phones in the future. Would be nice.
tkrandall
08-08-2006, 10:38 AM
Does/will WiMax use a specific frequency band? which one?
Maja
08-08-2006, 10:44 AM
Somewhat glad to see them get out of the control of Qualcomm and explore new avenues.
fractured
08-08-2006, 11:09 AM
Does/will WiMax use a specific frequency band? which one?
I believe 2.5GHz.
Lamarker
08-08-2006, 11:12 AM
I believe 2.5GHz.
Yea, it's the biggest segment available and it's already assigned to Sprint. Isn't that like up to (in real-world, not prospectively) 5 miles? That's broader than GSM, I believe.
KJ78
08-08-2006, 11:59 AM
This is also re: the threads predicting the end of Sprint/Nextel and the death of Sprint after this last quarter. Sprint is best positioned among the wireless carriers with contigious frequency segments and such. I'm not sure how Sprint plans to integrate WiMax, if at all, with its cellular offerings or if it will just be a mobile broadband or what. Anyone else more in touch with the possibilities of this technology and what can be done with it?
from the Wall Street Journal
Sprint to offer WiMax (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115500155372529472.html?mod=home_whats_news_us)
Sprint Bets on New Wireless 'WiMax'
By AMOL SHARMA and DON CLARK
August 8, 2006; Page B1
Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to announce as early as today it is choosing a nascent technology known as WiMax to build a new wireless Internet network in the coming years, people familiar with the matter say.
The move would mark a significant win for backers of the new technology, such as Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., while it would be a setback for wireless pioneer Qualcomm Inc, which is behind a rival technology.
WiMax is a technology that can spread a wireless Internet signal over several miles, a long-range version of the popular short-range wireless Internet technology, Wi-Fi, found in airports, coffee shops and many homes.
[Sprint]
Analysts say building a nationwide WiMax network could cost Sprint between $1 billion and $4 billion, a hefty sum for a company that is already struggling to meet Wall Street's expectations. Sprint declined to comment on whether it selected WiMax or how much a network build-out would cost.
Sprint's decision carries considerable risks: Investors have hammered telecom companies that have made large capital investments in new technologies, banking on future markets to emerge. For example, among other things, Verizon Communications Inc.'s stock has been under fire as the company is rolling out a costly new fiber optic network that it says will position the company to deliver a bundled TV, Internet, and phone service. Also, WiMax technology is still untested on a large scale.
Sprint is making a huge bet that consumer demand for wireless Internet access and services such as cellphone downloads of music and video will continue to grow in the coming years. Consumers already can get access to wireless Internet service at Wi-Fi "hotspots" in airports and coffee shops, and some cities, like Anaheim, Calif., are blanketing their terrain with Wi-Fi connections. But the service isn't available everywhere and sometimes has patchy reception. Cellphone companies, including Sprint, are rolling out cellular Internet service, but those networks also have their limitations -- they aren't designed to handle massive amounts of traffic and downloading activity.
Sprint has previously said it planned to build a new wireless network, but did not decide on a new technology until recently. The company said in the past that such a network would be designed to accommodate heavy data-usage activities like video streaming on cellphones and laptops without clogging up the cellular networks people rely on for phone calls.
In an interview last week, Atish Gude, Sprint's senior vice president of corporate strategy and development, said the company wants to tap into an entirely new market by eventually connecting consumer electronics devices such as videocameras and MP3 players to the Internet for the first time. "We intend to light up a whole category of consumer electronics devices that aren't lit up," Mr. Gude said.
Intel has been the most prominent champion of WiMax. The company previously included Wi-Fi in its chipsets as a way to boost purchases of laptops. Now it has switched its attention to WiMax, hoping to generate yet another cycle of computer purchases and satisfy consumer demand for broader-range mobile Internet access. The company was at the forefront of efforts to develop the set of specifications equipment makers will use to process WiMaX signals. Last month, Intel announced it was investing $600 million in upstart WiMax provider Clearwire Corp. as part of a $900 million financing round.
On the losing end is Qualcomm, which offered Sprint alternatives to WiMax that included a technology developed by Flarion Technologies Inc., a company it purchased last year. It isn't clear why Qualcomm didn't make the cut, but analysts say one major reason was that Sprint wanted to ensure no single company would own the technology it chooses.
Qualcomm developed the original "code-division" technology that forms the backbone of services offered by Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and many foreign carriers. Handset makers and network gear makers have had to license Qualcomm's technology, and some have accused the company of abusing its market power. Sprint wants "a bigger ecosystem where intellectual property isn't as big of an issue," said Philip Solis, a senior analyst at market research firm ABI Research.
The situation is not all bad for Qualcomm, however. Sprint and other cellular operators will continue to use its EVDO wireless broadband technology even if they roll out WiMax alongside it, analysts say. And Sprint is even planning to deploy a major upgrade to its Qualcomm-based wireless network starting later this year. What's more, the company claims its patents on wireless technology cover some elements of WiMax, meaning it expects to get a slice of licensing revenue from it. "We are well positioned no matter what technology Sprint chooses," Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs wrote in a text message yesterday. "We also will continue to lead in innovation."
Another leading contender was San Bruno, Calif.-based IPWireless Inc., which Sprint has previously invested in, people familiar with the situation say.
Large phone companies such as BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Inc. have deployed WiMax-like fixed wireless services to provide broadband access in rural and other hard-to-reach areas, but Sprint would become the first major U.S. telecom company to deploy the mobile version of WiMax. Sprint's decision will have downstream impact on the telecom equipment sector. Motorola and Samsung Electronics Co. have already developed components for WiMax networks, analysts say, and will be able to provide gear for Sprint. Samsung has deployed a WiMax-like network in South Korea using a technology called "WiBro." Other equipment providers, including Nortel Networks Corp., are also developing WiMax systems.
Sprint is best positioned among the major carriers to think ahead, given its large holdings of radio spectrum, the frequencies over which wireless carriers send voice and data signals. The company added to an already impressive spectrum position when it acquired a wide swath of high quality frequencies through its merger with Nextel Communications Inc. While other wireless carriers such as T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless may have to spend billions in the Federal Communications Commission's spectrum auctions beginning tomorrow, Sprint can afford to sit on the sidelines, analysts say.
Still, some analysts and industry experts question why the company is gearing up for such a major capital investment when it is already even or ahead the other top U.S. carriers, Verizon and Cingular Wireless, when it comes to data services. "Why compete against yourself? It doesn't make a lot of sense at this point," said Mike Thelander, principal analyst at Signals Research Group who predicted several weeks ago that Sprint would choose WiMax.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2006--Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S - News):
Sprint Nextel selects WiMAX as next generation 4G technology platform
Unparalleled spectrum coverage creates first-to-market position for Sprint Nextel
Nationwide advanced wireless broadband network expected to cover 100 million people in 2008
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S - News) today announced its plans to develop and deploy the first fourth generation (4G) nationwide broadband mobile network. The 4G wireless broadband network will use the mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) IEEE 802.16e-2005 technology standard.
Working together with Intel, Motorola and Samsung, Sprint Nextel will develop a nationwide network infrastructure as well as mobile WiMAX-enabled chipsets that will support advanced wireless broadband services for computing, portable multimedia, interactive and other consumer electronic devices. These efforts are intended to allow Sprint Nextel customers to experience a nationwide mobile data network that is designed to offer faster speeds, lower cost, and greater convenience and enhanced multimedia quality.
The Sprint Nextel 4G mobility network will use the company's extensive 2.5GHz spectrum holdings, which cover 85 percent of the households in the top 100 U.S. markets - the most of any wireless carrier in any single spectrum band. To access that network, Sprint Nextel will work with Intel, Motorola and Samsung to incorporate WiMAX technology for advanced wireless communications and help make chipsets widely available for new consumer electronics devices, connecting consumers to the Internet and to each other while providing them with the flexibility to do what they want or need to do regardless of time or place.
"None of us today can envision our lives without wireless connectivity or the Internet," explained Gary Forsee, president and chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel. "Sprint Nextel is taking a major step forward by linking the incredible potential of these two cornerstones of daily communications. We'll give customers the power to harness business information and personal entertainment easily and inexpensively -- and in ways that they will one day wonder how they lived without.
"This announcement is another step in Sprint Nextel's broadband mobility leadership, and we expect to establish a first-to-market next generation network advantage. We will have a unique broadband capability for meeting the growing access and mobile Internet needs of businesses, governments and consumers when and where they want."
In working together with Intel, Motorola, and Samsung, Sprint Nextel has the experience, network infrastructure, spectrum and distribution channels to make 4G mobility services pervasive and indispensable for customers. The company's deployment plans target a launch of the advanced wireless broadband services in trial markets by the end of 2007 with plans to deploy a network that reaches as many as 100 million people in 2008. Sprint Nextel plans to expand mobile WiMAX network coverage thereafter.
The company will continue to invest in and offer access to its current wireless and Sprint Power Vision(SM) mobile broadband networks to serve customer communications needs today and into the future. As evidenced by its strong data results and expanding 3G broadband network, Sprint Nextel continues its innovation and leadership in driving mobile data.
New Business Model
Sprint Nextel has created a unique business model designed to foster the rapid deployment and adoption of mobile WiMAX technology in the United States and abroad. Sprint Nextel is expecting to invest $1 billion in 2007 and between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in 2008 relating to the 4G mobile broadband network. The WiMAX technology to be deployed in the network is expected to offer a cost-per-megabit and performance advantage that reflects a substantial improvement in the comparable costs for the current 3G mobile broadband offerings.
Commitments from Intel, Motorola and Samsung in the areas of market development, mobile WiMAX devices and other contributions to Sprint Nextel's core business are expected to accelerate Sprint Nextel's goal of deploying services and market adoption. Motorola and Samsung will also support Sprint's current and CDMA/EV-DO network technologies by creating multimode devices that will support services on both the 4G network and the 3G network in areas outside the planned 4G coverage, and will provide voice service using the core 3G network. The 4G broadband network will offer a complementary, high-bandwidth service driven by data centric devices.
Intel, one of the early members of the WiMAX Forum and one of the key contributors to the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard, will deliver next generation WiMAX solutions for Centrino Mobile Technology and next generation computing devices. Intel will bring its extensive history in device-to-network verification as well as marketing expertise to expose customers to the breadth of new WiMAX capabilities and services.
Motorola has been a long-standing proponent of WiMAX and will offer Sprint Nextel both single- and multimode devices designed to enable seamless mobility for users, while playing a major role in its WiMAX infrastructure roll-out. Since Motorola is the exclusive supplier of iDEN technology as well as a major supplier of CDMA and EV-DO Revision A technology, it can offer a complete end-to-end solution (from radio access network equipment to both single- and multimode mobile devices) and is uniquely positioned to expand the seamless mobility experience into the wireless mobile broadband market.
Samsung Telecommunications America will be a primary Mobile WiMAX infrastructure supplier to Sprint Nextel and will also deliver dual-mode devices supporting Mobile WiMAX and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, designed to enable Sprint's Mobile WiMAX users to utilize Sprint Nextel's existing 3G network resources. With its installation of networks in South Korea and other markets, Samsung Electronics is the first to commercially deploy Mobile WiMAX and with its alliance with Sprint Nextel will bring this global expertise to North America. Samsung is the global leader in delivering Mobile WiMAX technologies and offers Sprint a total solution including chipsets, infrastructure, mobile devices and consumer electronics focused on Mobile WiMAX and dual-mode WiMAX/CDMA services delivery.
Sprint Nextel's long-term goal is to have a broad range of mobile WiMAX-enabled chipsets and modules and an array of portable data and consumer electronics devices available from multiple vendors which work seamlessly among Sprint's network offerings. To that end, Sprint Nextel and other leading consumer electronic companies are planning to form a strategic marketing and product alliance for the purpose of introducing innovative consumer electronic devices and multimedia content solutions using Sprint's 4G mobile WiMAX network.
"Sprint Nextel has built its success on being a pioneer - beginning with its rollout of the first nationwide digital fiber optic network 20 years ago," said Sean Maloney, executive vice president of Intel. "With the choice of mobile WiMAX for its 4G mobile broadband technology, Sprint Nextel again helps move the U.S. to the forefront of technology innovation and competitiveness. Sprint Nextel's decision confirms Intel's belief that WiMAX is the wireless technology of choice to deliver affordable broadband access. Intel is pleased to work with Sprint Nextel, Motorola and Samsung to bring the promise of mobile broadband and WiMAX to consumers nationwide."
Motorola Chairman and CEO, Ed Zander, stated, "We are excited that Sprint Nextel has selected WiMAX, and we believe that mobile WiMAX is a perfect choice for a visionary company like Sprint Nextel. Today's announcement is another milestone in Motorola's focused strategy to continue to expand and grow our wireless broadband business and advance our vision of seamless wireless broadband mobility. We expect that this decision from one of America's leading carriers and the largest holder of 2.5GHz spectrum will influence the adoption of mobile WiMAX by other carriers worldwide."
KiTae Lee, president of Samsung Electronics' Telecommunication Network Business, stated, "I believe Sprint Nextel's decision to deploy Mobile WiMAX as the 4G network technology will set a milestone in the U.S. telecommunication industry's history and contribute to further advancements in wireless technology. Mobile WiMAX has the fastest data transfer rate among the existing wireless technologies and is based on all-IP technology. Mobile WiMAX-based services will create a new paradigm shift in wireless services and improve consumer lifestyles. I believe that Sprint Nextel will successfully provide this mobile WiMAX technology based service and begin a new revolution in mobile broadband services nationwide."
channel125
08-08-2006, 12:30 PM
WiMax is in 2.4-2.6ghz but mainly in the 2.5ghz range. WiMax is a licensed frequency only, similar to WiFi, which is not licensed so it's open. WiMax is more of a private frequency than anything since it has to be licensed by the FCC. Sprint is not the only company that deals or holds WiMax. There is a company out there called Clear Wire, who does wireless broadband internet which is utilized on the WiMax Technology, or should I say preWiMax. Their website is www.clearwire.com. WiMax is currently being utilized through the US by clearwire. It is also being used by the same company in ireland as well. Just thought that I would input my two cents!
Maja
08-08-2006, 12:51 PM
Clearwire is actually referenced in the top article, as they have received a cash influx from Intel. As you said, Sprint Nextel isn't the only holder, which I don't think anyone could dispute. The thing that they do want you do know though is that they are the holder of the largest amount of spectrum in that space.
so where sanyo in part of this, or will it not exist
Jonathanlc2005
08-08-2006, 01:21 PM
also how fast will wimax be. like 100MBPS? will it generally replace cable and dsl internet? what tower will it be placed on? is there an end to iden? PTT? and whats gunna happen to qualcomm?
monkeyboy
08-08-2006, 04:21 PM
Like we already didn't know this :)Right... so anybody else think that this "announcement" about WiMAX (which as you say has hardly any new information), was timed and positioned to offset the recent lousy Q2 performance report and its depressing effect on SN's stock prices ? Its not like WiMAX is going to happen anytime real soon. Sprint has ALOT of crap to take care off before it will be ready to deploy WiMAX (like deploy EVDO-A, resolve IDEN, do QCHAT, nevermind stuff like fix its CS dept)...
CorkyG
08-08-2006, 05:44 PM
so where sanyo in part of this, or will it not exist
That's a good question, Jonathan. I guess that depends on how much they are willing to invest in the project. Business is business.
xchpstang
08-08-2006, 07:29 PM
WiMax is in 2.4-2.6ghz but mainly in the 2.5ghz range. WiMax is a licensed frequency only, similar to WiFi, which is not licensed so it's open. WiMax is more of a private frequency than anything since it has to be licensed by the FCC. Sprint is not the only company that deals or holds WiMax. There is a company out there called Clear Wire, who does wireless broadband internet which is utilized on the WiMax Technology, or should I say preWiMax. Their website is www.clearwire.com. WiMax is currently being utilized through the US by clearwire. It is also being used by the same company in ireland as well. Just thought that I would input my two cents!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Clearwire USES the same 2.5Ghz frequency but does not run Wimax but instead runs FLASH-OFDM or Flarion now owned by Qualcomm.
madsexy
08-08-2006, 08:20 PM
Right... so anybody else think that this "announcement" about WiMAX (which as you say has hardly any new information), was timed and positioned to offset the recent lousy Q2 performance report and its depressing effect on SN's stock prices ? Its not like WiMAX is going to happen anytime real soon. Sprint has ALOT of crap to take care off before it will be ready to deploy WiMAX (like deploy EVDO-A, resolve IDEN, do QCHAT, nevermind stuff like fix its CS dept)...
Yeah, most likely that's why they announced it. But I don't see how that would make the shareholders happier, so I don't get Sprint's point on this. It means more expenses and how can they justify more spending with such sucky numbers?
I would have been more impressed if they had announced some revolutionary service or idea that would clearly pull them out of the hole... I think they're stuffing their mouth with way more than they can chew...
Maja
08-08-2006, 09:00 PM
Yeah, most likely that's why they announced it. But I don't see how that would make the shareholders happier, so I don't get Sprint's point on this. It means more expenses and how can they justify more spending with such sucky numbers?
I would have been more impressed if they had announced some revolutionary service or idea that would clearly pull them out of the hole... I think they're stuffing their mouth with way more than they can chew...
It is all about the right business model. There are always the skeptics, just as there was when they announced plans to lay the first nationwide fiber network as well as ION (which was a failure, but consider what it was, when it was before you think that it was a complete waste). But also remember that Sprint has been here before, when the battlefield was the long distance market. If you dont differeniate yourself from the other providers, then all it is is a price war. Essentially they are talking about rolling out WIFI everywhere, and when you have that type of bandwidth and capacity the possibilities are endless. You have essentially just put the entire telecom sector on it's ear, because you have now truly removed that need for local telecom companies. Today we can consider giving up our landline, in favor of our wireless, but still have to have some highspeed connection for internet. What if that wasnt the case anymore? What if your wireless carrier provided that ANYWHERE you went?
Do they need to resolve the current issues with customer service, phone selection, and coverage in general? Sure, but you cant afford to sit idly by while others are making huge technilogical changes. Better to be a leader then a follower.
tkrandall
08-09-2006, 09:32 AM
Man, this guy sure is pessimistic about the whole thing. I guess there is always someone that wants to rain on the parade. He seems to think the US market in general is becoming more second class and marginalized, and that the path that Sprint is choosing will be odd-ball and will only serve to further marginalize their position. Seems to think the "whole world" will take a path of GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA that will offer equivalnet/better service with more devices and better devices due to the billion size customer base. (like we did not know about the GSM advantage in that regard) So, I suppose we are to believe no one else with go WiMax, and the "world" will stick with W-CDMA only?
Man, this guy sure is pessimistic about the whole thing. I guess there is always someone that wants to rain on the parade. He seems to think the US market in general is becoming more second class and marginalized, and that the path that Sprint is choosing will be odd-ball and will only serve to further marginalize their position. Seems to think the "whole world" will take a path of GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA that will offer equivalnet/better service with more devices and better devices due to the billion size customer base. (like we did not know about the GSM advantage in that regard) So, I suppose we are to believe no one else with go WiMax, and the "world" will stick with W-CDMA only?
Well W-CDMA is considered 3.5G, an upgrade of the 3G UMTS, so what is the path for GSM/UMTS/W-CDMA 4G? 4G's goal is to have data rates up to 100Mbps while in motion and up to 1Gbps while stationary. I disagree with that article, CDMA might be dead as phone carriers do not want to play licensing fees to Qualcomm, but Sprint is following the path of Korean's CDMA carriers. They are switching to WiBro, which is a form of WiMax, but those carriers use the 2.3 Ghz band while Sprint will be using the 2.5 GHz band. WiMax will be sucessful, LG and Samsung are Korean companies, if their homebase is switching to WiBro, why wouldn't they support it? Sprint has the backing of Motorola, the same situation as the Korean CDMA carriers with Samsung. The article also incorrectly references that Verizon and Sprint are using a varied versions of CDMA2000/EVDO, Sprint's iDEN and EVDO are separate networks, and Sprint and Verizon are both CDMA2000/EVDO Rel 0 and Revision A. The only exception is that Verizon using BREW and Sprint is using Java, which doesn't deal directly with their networks, but how their phones work with applications.
fractured
08-09-2006, 12:12 PM
Well W-CDMA is considered 3.5G, an upgrade of the 3G UMTS
Not exactly. HSDPA is consider 3.5G. W-CDMA and UMTS are different acronyms for the same thing. UMTS use W-CDMA air interface, and hence the name. HSDPA is to UMTS what EDGE is to GSM. HSUPA is supposedly 3.75G. In any case, HSDPA throughput is up to 14 Mbps per carrier channel shared among all users. Each simultaneous user gets but a small fraction of the total. WiMAX throughput is intended to be 2-4 Mbps per simultaneous user. The reason is bandwidth. Sprint Nextel has about 75 MHz of BRS 2500 MHz spectrum available for WiMAX deployment.
PrettyHairShawn
08-09-2006, 01:17 PM
Not exactly. HSDPA is consider 3.5G. W-CDMA and UMTS are different acronyms for the same thing. UMTS use W-CDMA air interface, and hence the name. HSDPA is to UMTS what EDGE is to GSM. HSUPA is supposedly 3.75G. In any case, HSDPA throughput is up to 14 Mbps per carrier channel shared among all users. Each simultaneous user gets but a small fraction of the total. WiMAX throughput is intended to be 2-4 Mbps per simultaneous user. The reason is bandwidth. Sprint Nextel has about 75 MHz of BRS 2500 MHz spectrum available for WiMAX deployment.
I don't care too much about GSM technological path, but do you see my point about CDMA and WiMax? Qualcomm is a big loser and they will try anything to get any money out of Sprint's choice in choosing WiMax even claiming it holds patents in certain aspects of WiMax.
fractured
08-09-2006, 09:52 PM
I don't care too much about GSM technological path, but do you see my point about CDMA and WiMax? Qualcomm is a big loser and they will try anything to get any money out of Sprint's choice in choosing WiMax even claiming it holds patents in certain aspects of WiMax.
I certainly agree with that.
danny.boi
08-09-2006, 10:45 PM
Right... so anybody else think that this "announcement" about WiMAX (which as you say has hardly any new information), was timed and positioned to offset the recent lousy Q2 performance report and its depressing effect on SN's stock prices ? Its not like WiMAX is going to happen anytime real soon. Sprint has ALOT of crap to take care off before it will be ready to deploy WiMAX (like deploy EVDO-A, resolve IDEN, do QCHAT, nevermind stuff like fix its CS dept)...
We must share the same mind. That is exactly what I was thinking.
I work in a corporate environment too so I know the importance a CEO places on making investors happy. But because I know that already, I'm very skeptical just like you on this.
channel125
08-10-2006, 10:50 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Clearwire USES the same 2.5Ghz frequency but does not run Wimax but instead runs FLASH-OFDM or Flarion now owned by Qualcomm.
You are right with the technacality that Clearwire is PRE-WiMAx technology. It is the begining stages of WiMax. Many consider it WiMax, but Clearwire caps their speeds at 1.5mbps. Is Ireland it is capped at 2. I actually worked for clearwire and actually just quite the job because of the money wasn't the greatest. But they have a nice bright future ahead of them. They actually just raised 8 million dollars, if i'm not mistaken, through investments from Intel & Motorola. Motorola just took over clearwire's NexNet unit. Currently clearwire's PreWiMax is capped at a distance of a 5 mile radious depending on topography. They would like to increase the range/distance and mbps rate, but for whatever reason the FCC won't let them do it at this time. From what I understand, when Clearwire finally realeases full fledged WiMax the distances will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30+ miles, and the data rates will be 10-15 mbps capped. It will have FAR more potential than that but do to network reasons and traffic, thats what they will be able to consistently deliver.
channel125
08-10-2006, 10:53 AM
We must share the same mind. That is exactly what I was thinking.
I work in a corporate environment too so I know the importance a CEO places on making investors happy. But because I know that already, I'm very skeptical just like you on this.
There are also a lot of WiMax issues to still resolve as well. I just hope that sprint doesn't release too soon or early like it has a habit of doing. When they released the Wireless web, and then Vision soon followed a year later and then with EVDO, there were a lot of issues that a lot of customers were having, and problems that needed to be fixed. However with the implementation of EVDO, was MUCH smoother than anything before it. There weren't as many issues and such,
TylerDurden
08-10-2006, 11:34 AM
Hi All,
(New member, 1st post)
Snipped from AP:
"The costly initiative was announced less than a week after the company, formed last summer by the merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications, reported a 38 percent drop in second-quarter profit.
The earnings report, which depicted a company struggling to attract and retain subscribers, sent Sprint Nextel's shares to a 52-week low. That slide continued Tuesday, with the stock sinking 31 cents a share, or 1.8 percent, to close at a new 52-week low of $16.63 on the NYSE.
Does the wimax news give anyone here the notion that it is a good time to buy company shares, considering the annual low... or do people think it will go lower?
I've been an SPCS customer since they started... first pcs phone wuz Samsung 1900. Never thought about buying shares till now tho.
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