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I have to tell you all I am near tears right now.  I am so stoked that Marcelo listened to us, directly.  I am sure he listened to all the feedback he heard.  But I believe S4GRU was influential in th

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LTE network now covering 300 Million people.  Good to see that.  Keep it up.

"more of the cash outlays related to network densification are expected to be incurred in fiscal year 2017." (Apr 2017 - Mar 2018)

 

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Yes they do! Hopefully more high-end devices too.

 

Agreed. iPhone Forever and Galaxy Forever are designed to do just that. It's a great way for Sprint to increase the percentage of Triband/CA devices on its network. Every year, you'll have a core group of customers who upgrade and drive those numbers higher... Of course, it's up to the device makers to include the new CA Technologies... Cough Cough... Apple.

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Yes they do! Hopefully more high-end devices too.

 

Here's how the device distribution has looked over the last year... There's still a lot of room for growth of CA-capable devices in the user base.

 

Fiscal 4Q15:

 

Tri-band LTE phones represented 69 percent of the 25.3 million ending postpaid phone connection base compared to 37 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter and 64 percent at the end of the prior quarter. During the quarter, 90 percent of postpaid phones sold were tri-band.

 

Smartphones represented 92 percent of the ending postpaid phone connection base compared to 88 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter and 91 percent at the end of the prior quarter. During the quarter, 97 percent of postpaid phones sold were smartphones.

 

Carrier aggregation capable phones, which allow for higher data speeds, were 74 percent of postpaid phones sold during the quarter, increasing the number of these phones within the phone base to 28 percent.

 

 

Fiscal 3Q15:

 

Tri-band phones represented 64 percent of the 25.3 million ending postpaid phone connection base compared to 27 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter and 54 percent at the end of the prior quarter. During the quarter, 93 percent of postpaid phones sold were tri-band, an increase from 78 percent in the yearago period and 89 percent in the prior quarter.

 

Two-channel (2x20 MHz) carrier aggregation capable phones, which allow for higher data speeds, were 76 percent of postpaid phones sold during the quarter, increasing the number of these phones within the phone base to 21 percent.

 

 

Fiscal 2Q15:

 

Smartphones comprised 97 percent of phones sold in the quarter, a two percentage point increase yearover-year and flat with the prior quarter. At the end of the quarter, smartphones represented 90 percent of the 25.1 million ending phone connection base.

 

LTE devices represented 79 percent of the 30.6 million ending connection base compared to 62 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter. The percentage of the smartphone base with LTE capable devices rose to 92 percent at the end of the quarter, a 19 percentage point increase from the year-ago period.

 

 

Fiscal 1Q15:

 

Smartphones comprised 97 percent of phones sold in the quarter, a two percentage point increase year-overyear and flat with the prior quarter. At the end of the quarter, smartphones represented 89 percent of the 24.9 million ending phone connection base.

 

LTE devices represented 77 percent of the 30 million ending connection base compared to 55 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter. The percentage of the smartphone base with LTE capable devices rose to 89 percent at the end of the quarter, a 23 percentage point increase from the year-ago period.

 

 

 

Fiscal 4Q14:

 

Smartphones comprised 97 percent of phones sold in the quarter, a two percentage point increase year-overyear and flat with the prior quarter. At the end of the quarter smartphones represented 88 percent of the 24.9 million ending phone connection base.

 

LTE devices represented 73 percent of the 29.7 million ending connection base, compared to 49 percent at the end of the year-ago quarter. The percentage of the smartphone base with LTE capable devices rose to 86 percent at the end of the quarter, a 26 percentage point increase from the year-ago period.

 

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$65 for unlimited everything (including unlimited hotspot) makes this carrier a must look at for people living in Iowa and Western Illinois. I am pullin down an average of 25Mb/s with a peak of 50. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal with all the other carriers able to top out at 100 in certain places. But if you know Iowa and Western Illinois, then that is a big deal :-).

 

Now, if Sprint could buy USCC, that would be a huge shot in the arm for this area.

Completely agree. I don't have iWireless, but I know people that have it and love that it has great coverage & decent(not spectacular) but reliable speeds. Also, a Sprint/USCC merger would be a "yuuge" boost to Sprint's midwestern network. Not likely, but it'd be awesome.

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Completely agree. I don't have iWireless, but I know people that have it and love that it has great coverage & decent(not spectacular) but reliable speeds. Also, a Sprint/USCC merger would be a "yuuge" boost to Sprint's midwestern network. Not likely, but it'd be awesome.

 

i've been testing them out and mapping their towers in the des moines metro area. their tower density is just insane compared to sprints. fastest i've seen for speeds is in the upper 60's, most of the time its 20 to 30's, sometimes down to the teens, but you are right, they aren't always the fastest but they are more consistent in their speeds from what i've seen. plus the unlimited tethering option is awesome :D

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Completely agree. I don't have iWireless, but I know people that have it and love that it has great coverage & decent(not spectacular) but reliable speeds. Also, a Sprint/USCC merger would be a "yuuge" boost to Sprint's midwestern network. Not likely, but it'd be awesome.

I think it's in Sprint's best interest to remain close roaming partners with them as it'll be less costly but I think we could see a buyout years down the line when Sprint gets their finances in line.

 

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I will just leave this here. This is S advantage over the others.

 

 

Not sure if you were answering me?

 

If so, I wasn't talking about other carriers.

I will edit my original post

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Not sure if you were answering me?

If so, I wasn't talking about other carriers.

I will edit my original post

No, I wasn't answering your question, I decided to post that chart of Sprint spectrum advantage over the others.

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I think it's in Sprint's best interest to remain close roaming partners with them as it'll be less costly but I think we could see a buyout years down the line when Sprint gets their finances in line.

 

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Sprint is owned by SoftBank as we all know. Couldn't SoftBank USA buy USCC know and say merge later?

Everyone is worried about sprint and their debt and so forth.

Why not buy USCC after the auction, stay on the same path, once sprint gets out of these hard times announce the merger and become USCC ??

No more bad rep for sprint leap back into 3rd expand footprint bam!

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Sprint is owned by SoftBank as we all know. Couldn't SoftBank USA buy USCC know and say merge later?

Everyone is worried about sprint and their debt and so forth.

Why not buy USCC after the auction, stay on the same path, once sprint gets out of these hard times announce the merger and become USCC ??

No more bad rep for sprint leap back into 3rd expand footprint bam!

Softbank also has debt so I'm sure they don't want to go around buying companies willy-nilly. It wouldn't please their investors. Also I'm pretty sure that U.S. Cellular is not looking to sell right now though we may see them get squeezed in the future.

 

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Sprint inks deal with CommScope for 'extensive deployment' of LTE/Wi-Fi small cells

 

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-inks-deal-commscope-extensive-deployment-ltewi-fi-small-cells/2016-05-03

This is a super smart idea, offer businesses managed wifi support and include 2.5 as part of the hardware, pretty awesome if it catches on!

 

Would have been even sweeter if they would have announced some kind of retail partner, like a Walmart or other retail giant. 

 

"Because the small cells support Wi-Fi, they will enable Sprint "to provide managed Wi-Fi hotspot services to enterprises such as retail and restaurant chains," according to CommScope's press release."

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This is a super smart idea, offer businesses managed wifi support and include 2.5 as part of the hardware, pretty awesome if it catches on!

 

Would have been even sweeter if they would have announced some kind of retail partner, like a Walmart or other retail giant. 

 

"Because the small cells support Wi-Fi, they will enable Sprint "to provide managed Wi-Fi hotspot services to enterprises such as retail and restaurant chains," according to CommScope's press release."

 

Great idea. You should send that along to Marcelo: Marcelo@Sprint.Com or Tweet it at him. @MarceloClaure

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Sprint inks deal with CommScope for 'extensive deployment' of LTE/Wi-Fi small cells

 

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-inks-deal-commscope-extensive-deployment-ltewi-fi-small-cells/2016-05-03

 

These look great. One limiting issue I see though. They still require that customers provide backhaul like the current AIRAVE and Wi-Fi Connect Router do. I wish these would also have the option to utilize Sprint's LTE network as backhaul (LTE Relay, as has been discussed here) so that they could be deployed in more locations more easily. Perhaps that's in the works as well?

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Completely agree. I don't have iWireless, but I know people that have it and love that it has great coverage & decent(not spectacular) but reliable speeds. Also, a Sprint/USCC merger would be a "yuuge" boost to Sprint's midwestern network. Not likely, but it'd be awesome.

 

Absolutely! What Marcelo needs to do is to make a deal like no one has ever seen before. It'll be this yuuuuuuggge deal where he's going to get U.S. Cellular to meeerrrggge into Sprint and I tell you it's going to be so great. Sprint's got so much more spectrum than ANYbody its like no comparison there. But that's not all. The new Sprint is going to be so amazing, I tell you. Not only is Marcelo going to get U.S. Cellular, but he's going bring jobs back to Sprint there will be so much business going back to Sprint and all the other carriers are going to be so envious that Sprint will need to build a wall around its corporate headquarters, but I tell you Marcelo is going to do it, and he's going to get John Legere to personally pay for it.

 

Althoughhh, Sprint might decide to make a deal with T-Mobile, I don't know, but I'm sure if it did, it would be great, really great. Marcelo and John are friends, really great friends. And you know that whatever deal they may make, it'll be great. But whatever happens, Sprint will be great again!

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Absolutely! What Marcelo needs to do is to make a deal like no one has ever seen before. It'll be this yuuuuuuggge deal where he's going to get U.S. Cellular to meeerrrggge into Sprint and I tell you it's going to be so great. Sprint's got so much more spectrum than ANYbody its like no comparison there. But that's not all. The new Sprint is going to be so amazing, I tell you. Not only is Marcelo going to get U.S. Cellular, but he's going bring jobs back to Sprint there will be so much business going back to Sprint and all the other carriers are going to be so envious that Sprint will need to build a wall around it corporate headquarters, but I tell you Marcelo is going to do it, and he's going to get John Legere to personally pay for it.

 

Althoughhh, Sprint might decide to make a deal with T-Mobile, I don't know, but I'm sure if it did, it would be great, really great. Marcelo and John are friends, really great friends. And you know that whatever deal they may make, it'll be great. But whatever happens, Sprint will be great again!

 

Believe me. Believe me.  ;)

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These look great. One limiting issue I see though. They still require that customers provide backhaul like the current AIRAVE and Wi-Fi Connect Router do. I wish these would also have the option to utilize Sprint's LTE network as backhaul (LTE Relay, as has been discussed here) so that they could be deployed in more locations more easily. Perhaps that's in the works as well?

You didn't read the article all the way thru, they are small cells with wifi capabilities. They aren't like airaves.

 

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You didn't read the article all the way thru, they are small cells with wifi capabilities. They aren't like airaves.

 

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They're LTE Femtocells which is what the old Airaves are though they were 3G / 1x. 

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They're LTE Femtocells which is what the old Airaves are though they were 3G / 1x.

In which they are being linked up to Sprint's Ethernet network for business. They aren't for the general consumer. These are going into offices and such.

 

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