idenguy's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/166142/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/79646-sprint-watch-a-12-month-strategic-prognosis?source=feed#comment-178082 178082 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:14:00 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/74558-sprint-s-against-the-odds-turnaround-looks-less-and-less-likely?source=feed#comment-158596 158596 HRB), Hallmark Cards, Applebees, McDonald's (MCD) or back to the farm, which has fostered a culture based on fear for one's job security and having the right political connections over self-initiative), or a wholesale change of entrenched management, it's hard to envision a near term solution to the Sprint malaise with the current lineup."

I love this guy :) Goooooooooooo Ed :)]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:41:01 -0400 HRB), Hallmark Cards, Applebees, McDonald's (MCD) or back to the farm, which has fostered a culture based on fear for one's job security and having the right political connections over self-initiative), or a wholesale change of entrenched management, it's hard to envision a near term solution to the Sprint malaise with the current lineup."

I love this guy :) Goooooooooooo Ed :)]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73036-sprint-is-still-a-steal-at-current-levels?source=feed#comment-154782 154782 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:58:34 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/70036-at-this-price-sprint-is-a-steal-for-the-right-suitor?source=feed#comment-132326 132326
What systems, besides a little bit of billing, has Sprint and Nextel integrated?

The two networks still remain virtually independent to this day except for a few gateways that allow for QCrap and iDEN to work and the connection at the data-center that allows for Sprint CDMA users to access a few legacy Nextel systems...]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:22:08 -0400
What systems, besides a little bit of billing, has Sprint and Nextel integrated?

The two networks still remain virtually independent to this day except for a few gateways that allow for QCrap and iDEN to work and the connection at the data-center that allows for Sprint CDMA users to access a few legacy Nextel systems...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/70036-at-this-price-sprint-is-a-steal-for-the-right-suitor?source=feed#comment-132040 132040
GSM - iDEN - CDMA]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:23:29 -0400
GSM - iDEN - CDMA]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/69362-undoing-the-sprint-nextel-merger?source=feed#comment-130402 130402
The animosity comes from both sides. Being a legacy Nextel employee for 8 years prior to the merger and having dealt with both sides, I can honestly say that legacy Sprint employees are just as hard to deal with as I know the legacy Nextel employees are.

This is a major part of why the merger did not work. There was too much of a culture clash between the two companies and both though their ways were correct.

Nextel prided itself on not letting process and procedures get in the way of anything. If a product or service needed to get out the door, we did it by any means necessary. Sprint on the other hand bogs itself down in tickets and unnecessary paperwork. What should take a couple weeks to deploy / test suddenly takes months.

Something else that slowly happened is that the legacy Nextel managers that are left, slowly surrounded themselves with all the old Nextel people that they had been working with for years and started to exclude the Sprint employees (at least here in Virginia).

Now after several layoffs all the old Nextel power has left the company, gone to ICO, MSV, Clearwire and the ones who are left are all over in Xohm just praying for a spinoff...]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:17:23 -0400
The animosity comes from both sides. Being a legacy Nextel employee for 8 years prior to the merger and having dealt with both sides, I can honestly say that legacy Sprint employees are just as hard to deal with as I know the legacy Nextel employees are.

This is a major part of why the merger did not work. There was too much of a culture clash between the two companies and both though their ways were correct.

Nextel prided itself on not letting process and procedures get in the way of anything. If a product or service needed to get out the door, we did it by any means necessary. Sprint on the other hand bogs itself down in tickets and unnecessary paperwork. What should take a couple weeks to deploy / test suddenly takes months.

Something else that slowly happened is that the legacy Nextel managers that are left, slowly surrounded themselves with all the old Nextel people that they had been working with for years and started to exclude the Sprint employees (at least here in Virginia).

Now after several layoffs all the old Nextel power has left the company, gone to ICO, MSV, Clearwire and the ones who are left are all over in Xohm just praying for a spinoff...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/69362-undoing-the-sprint-nextel-merger?source=feed#comment-129244 129244
The only hard part will be finding the people to engineer it. With the last round of layoffs, there are very few iDEN guys left here in virginia :(]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:25:04 -0400
The only hard part will be finding the people to engineer it. With the last round of layoffs, there are very few iDEN guys left here in virginia :(]]>