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It’ll be interesting to see how this works out. They’re combining a fast GSM network with an abysmal CDMA one. The customer experience is going to be rather i

by xienze 9y ago

It’ll be interesting to see how this works out. They’re combining a fast GSM network with an abysmal CDMA one. The customer experience is going to be rather inconsistent I would think.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
They will most likely dump what remains of the CDMA network, absorb Sprint's spectrum (pending anti-trust/regulatory certification; luckily, in this environment, I don't think they'll be forced to divest spectrum to AT&T or Verizon), and offer 5G nationwide to compete against wired broadband providers (with the mobile comms market saturated, growth opportunities are needed to stoke growth). It's a good deal now that Softbank gave up on keeping control of the combined org and is satisfied with a minority stake. Citations: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5usle9/exclusive_softbank_willing_to_cede_control_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5usle9/exclusive_s... https://allfor5g.com/ https://allfor5g.com/ (combined Sprint/TMO 5G info microsite) Disclosure: T-Mobile customer for 18+ years, no other relation
Aloha 9y ago
The modern Sprint network is nowhere near as awful as you think - Sprint falls down in the same place T-Mobile does - in coverage. Sprint does beat T-Mobile in densification in some markets. Sprint and T-Mobile are now mostly LTE carriers with each of them having a certain (small) percentage of their spectrum allocated for either GSM or CDMA carriers. This slide deck makes it clear that their plans are to rapidly refarm the CDMA only subs to VoLTE as soon as possible. https://allfor5g.com/content/uploads/2018/04/CREATING-ROBUST-COMPETITION-IN-THE-5G-ERA.pdf https://allfor5g.com/content/uploads/2018/04/CREATING-ROBUST...
- stefan_ 9y ago
  That slide deck is great. More than $6 billion expected run-rate synergies JOB CREATOR FROM DAY ONE How? Magic!
  - Aloha 9y ago
    Sprint is considerable under-resourced in many areas, they dont have enough bodies.

by xienze 9y ago

It’ll be interesting to see how this works out. They’re combining a fast GSM network with an abysmal CDMA one. The customer experience is going to be rather inconsistent I would think.

toomuchtodo 9y ago

They will most likely dump what remains of the CDMA network, absorb Sprint's spectrum (pending anti-trust/regulatory certification; luckily, in this environment, I don't think they'll be forced to divest spectrum to AT&T or Verizon), and offer 5G nationwide to compete against wired broadband providers (with the mobile comms market saturated, growth opportunities are needed to stoke growth). It's a good deal now that Softbank gave up on keeping control of the combined org and is satisfied with a minority stake. Citations: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5usle9/exclusive_softbank_willing_to_cede_control_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5usle9/exclusive_s... https://allfor5g.com/ https://allfor5g.com/ (combined Sprint/TMO 5G info microsite) Disclosure: T-Mobile customer for 18+ years, no other relation

Aloha 9y ago

The modern Sprint network is nowhere near as awful as you think - Sprint falls down in the same place T-Mobile does - in coverage. Sprint does beat T-Mobile in densification in some markets. Sprint and T-Mobile are now mostly LTE carriers with each of them having a certain (small) percentage of their spectrum allocated for either GSM or CDMA carriers. This slide deck makes it clear that their plans are to rapidly refarm the CDMA only subs to VoLTE as soon as possible. https://allfor5g.com/content/uploads/2018/04/CREATING-ROBUST-COMPETITION-IN-THE-5G-ERA.pdf https://allfor5g.com/content/uploads/2018/04/CREATING-ROBUST...

stefan_ 9y ago
That slide deck is great. More than $6 billion expected run-rate synergies JOB CREATOR FROM DAY ONE How? Magic!
- Aloha 9y ago
  Sprint is considerable under-resourced in many areas, they dont have enough bodies.