Aryana

Sprint Outsources Network Maintenance to Ericsson

The Erickson deal is just another great move by Dan Hesse in the latter 6 quarters. He has beaten Earnings expectations 5 of the last 6 Quarters. Increased cash reserves to over $5 billion, enhanced Sprint's selection of Smart Phones and made Sprint the most reliable network in the nation. This has all been done while lowering the companies debt load. Every survey has shown improved customer service to respectable levels and the company has begun to minimize its churn. Its subsidiary Clearwire expects to have a ubiquitous 4G presence from Hawaii to New York by the end of this year and its Pre-Paid service, Boost Mobile is doing very well...

Palm Pre: Inventory Watch

The engineers that designed both the Pre and iPhone are mainly American, however because of comparitive advantage it is wise to manufacture the product where ever it is cheaper. The profits go into American companies and pay for high paying US engineers. This is what Aryamehr was probably infering. No company of substantial magnitude can be wholly localized. What counts is its ownership and those that hold the intelligence, ie Patents, R&D and Engineers/designers not the low paying workers that put the product together in an essembly line.

Tech's 3 Biggest Partnerships: Watch These Businesses Grow

Once you use a Pre it will be very difficult to convert back to an iPhone. Palm truly has a winner on its hands. Ever since I acquired my Pre I have just been in heaven. I never thought anyone could come up with a phone that could sway me away from my iPhone. I love the Mulit-Tasking, Qwerty keyboard, Synergy and its elegant UI.

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

Aryamehr, I am in complete agreement with you regarding Sprint and Palm. I have been researching most of what you have written for some time. Good work, keep it up.

Sprint.com Drives Traffic by Emphasizing Value

The facts are plain and simple. According to JD Powers Sprint has the fastest and most reliable Data networks in the US. Sprint is also the only company, yes the only major carrier offering 4G technology. Last but not least Sprint will be the only carrier to offer the iPhone killer, the Palm Pre. Couple this with Sprint's new management and recent reports from independant research, they have the best customer service in the telecom sector since they got new management. Mark my words, Sprint will be trading north of $5 very soon.

Palm: Reactions to the Pre Hype

My experience using all four carriers is as follows:

Four coverage and data services:

1. Sprint
2. Verizon
3. ATT
4. T-Mobile

For Price:

1. Sprint
2. Everyone else is 2nd.

For handsets:

1. Sprint's Palm Pre
2. ATT's Apple iPhone
3. VZ's Blackberry Bold

For Technology and platform:

Qualcom's CDMA is by far the best, however GSM is more pervasive.

If Sprint continues executing the changes it has in the latter quarter it will unequivocally emulate T & VZ. They have the best platform and are currently in the lead to roll out 4G. As the sole distributor of the Palm Pre they should be able to retain their customer base since the new management has done a wonderful job with customer service.