I was looking at the drawing and I wonder what Sprint is going to do with the 1600 Mhz antennas that they have bought and have put up so far since they won't ever be deployed? Also what is Sprint going to do in the empty space where 1600 Mhz antennas used to sit? Are they going to leave it open and wait until some network sharing opportunity comes around to fill in the Lightsquared antenna space or should Sprint place another antenna for 800/1900 Mhz?

I will stand to be corrected, but Sprint has yet to deploy any LightSquared LTE 1500-1600 infrastructure, as LightSquared has yet to garner FCC approval. Sure, Sprint has included space for LightSquared in its Network Vision plans. However, Sprint does not have to execute that element of the plan if LightSquared fails to hold up its end of the bargain.

So, most likely, the mounting poles set aside for LightSquared will go empty for the time being. Similarly, you will note that the legacy CDMA1X 1900 antennas will remain mounted only during a transition phase, then they will be retired. And those mounting poles will become empty. No big deal.

AJ

I'm with AJ. I don't think that Sprint has actually purchased anything related to LightSquared. At least not any more than their $290M down payment didn't cover. And I'm pretty certain all that just went to engineering and planning.

- Robert

Well hopefully Sprint can find a partner to do a network hosting deal and take advantage of that empty spot where the 1600 Mhz antenna was suppose to be and bring in more revenue.