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Deutsche Telekom Likely Wants Sprint's Wireline Business, Not the Whole Company

Isn't the LMDS spectrum you refer to the 2.5Ghz spectrum that Sprextel gave to Clearwire? Wireline has been a "money losing" endeavor for quite some time, with the wireless side of specifically AT&T and Verizon the only parts of those companies making profit.

U.S. Wireless Telecom: Weakest Subscriber Additions in Three Years

@ Aryamehr-wow, as I peruse your posts all over lately I can definitely conclude you must be a "Sprextel" employee. Again I must state, there will NOT BE a "time to market" advantage for Clearwire (or whatever they call themselves nowadays since they let Sprint advertise for them). They're "great" 4G networks (again by the way, the standard has yet to be officially written) only added 25K customers this past quarter....hardly a great start. VZW will have LTE launched by EOY 2009, with a full national market by 2010. AT&T is not in a hurry to deploy LTE as it's current minor upgrade to HSDP+ will be much faster than what Sprint has for WiMax. Sprextel does not have enough capital to build out a national network (please see Barron's to confirm).

Merger Mania or Smart Shoppers?

I'm curious to see if T-Mobile will be bidding on the divested markets that are out there from the VZW purchase of Alltel.

How Wireless Carriers Are Faring as Consumers Cut Costs

Let's talk about this at the end of 2009 when LTE is launched in multiple markets by VZW...& now MetroPCS (just announced the same; markets on line by 2009). Sprint is in a tailspin (& Clearwire with it) as seen by over a year's worth of data (THE only carrier to EVER lose customers multiple quarters in a row).

By the way, Gizmodo is not a "reputable" source. I suggest something that we ALL are aware of & trust, JD Powers, Nielson, Consumer Reports, Wireless Week, RCR, etc. I believe you'll see what you report from "Gizmodo" conflicts with them.

How Wireless Carriers Are Faring as Consumers Cut Costs

You're probably going to lose a lot of your "clients" then my man! No one has yet to invest $14B in Clearwire. Having taken almost 2yrs to buildout Portland doesn't bode well to stay ahead of VZW, which by the way will launch multiple LTE markets by end of 2009 (so much for "time to market" advantage Clearwire claims to have). The costs are not higher in price (again, might want to check your stats before letting your "clients" know your stories). Sprint does not come close to network coverage and reliability as the other carriers (please, feel free to check any/all reputable publications; i.e.-JD Powers, Nielson, etc). Mark my words, Sprint will more than likely be purchased by someone else.

Nextel Better Off On Its Own?

Good one Linda!