Comments on: Sprint to keep iDEN network

By: BJ_Sprint

BJ_Sprint — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:29:43 +0000

My name is BJ and I’m a representative for Sprint. We decided to retain our iDEN network because we looked at every option and determined that the network and the push-to-talk business is a valuable asset to our full component of wireless products and services. PTT will always be of value, and despite what some analyst suggested, there are new services coming for PTT users. We currently offer and are developing Push-to-X services that provide a new generation of split second communication on both the iDEN and our CDMA networks. Yes, Sprint had some rocky times with iDEN after the Sprint Nextel merger, but the network is operating at the best metrics in its history, and we are not going to give an inch to our competitors. If you have any additional questions on it, please feel free to email me at BJD@Sprint.com. Thanks!

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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:00:49 +0000

[...] First of all Sprint announced that it plans to keep its dying iDEN network and will try to revive it. They decided it was worth keeping since they could not find anybody to buy it for at least $5 billion. Kind of sad if you consider that they bought it for $35 billion in 2005. They also got a waiver from the FCC to gradually vacate the frequencies that were troubling public safety communications. via Reuters via BBCool [...]

By: drbyers

drbyers — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:27:44 +0000

There goes any chance of Sprint being bought out by T-mobile. The Euro company already has Suncom to pay for anyway…