Sprint Nextel (S -1.2%) agrees to to pay $480M to U.S. Cellular (USM) for PCS spectrum and...

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Okatie Jack Comments (78)
 
Sounds like a good deal.
7 Nov 2012, 08:46 AM Reply Like

Okatie Jack Comments (78)
 
Sounds like a good deal. Sprint however should address very poor connections in NY suburbs.
7 Nov 2012, 08:50 AM Reply Like

Joshua007 Comments (35)
 
Once Sprint fully gets the 8b from Softbank, they should buy all of US Cellular. Integrating their 700MHz LTE spectrum will be a challenge, but the enhanced rural coverage (including cellular 850MHz for voice & 3G) would allow them to really threaten the att/vzw duopoly. Also, I think they should look into leap wireless. They would have to sell off the AWS spectrum to T-Mobile (or att/vzw), but they might be able to work out a trade for more PCS spectrum. Leap's problem is that they are all prepaid and cheaper plans, but their spectrum licenses cover a larger area than their service actually reaches currently. If sprint was able to add that spectrum to their existing towers & place their spectrum on leap towers that weren't redundant, that would help their competitiveness as well.
Overall, I am happy to hear they are doing deals, but I would like to see details on which customers sprint is getting and how much PCS spectrum is involved in the deal. Also, why is USC paying with customers & spectrum, as these are the 2 most valuable assets for a wireless company...
7 Nov 2012, 09:18 AM Reply Like