Sprint Q4 2014 earnings report

[dkyeager]

87% of base is on smart phones

[IamMrFamous07]

If they'd let me add another line to my ED 1500, I'd really love Sprint even more.

Might be able too. My friend walked into a sprint store yesterday and added 6th line to that plan

[dkyeager]

average bill per user is about $62

[Destroyallcubes]

What do they mean by this?

Maybe for CA, use the 1900 for uplink, and 2500 for downlink.

[dkyeager]

They have retired some clearwire debt

[dkyeager]

from Q&A:

 

how will they get message out about improved network. May start to put it in advertising (at local levels). waiting for next root metrics results

[dkyeager]

Yes, CA will include 1.9 +2.5 (from CEO).

[avb]

What do they mean by this?

I wonder if this would also help battery life on standby since 1900 should be a stronger signal.  Also, if this is the future plan they should start seeding devices with this type of carrier aggregation asap.  The new flagships from Samsung and HTC come out in the spring and they it would nice if they have the capability once the network is ready.

[dkyeager]

Why not increase cap ex to max to fully use spectrum?  will fully utilize 2.5, first quarter is cap ex lite

[bigsnake49]

What do they mean by this?

 

It means that they might use 2.5MHz strictly for download link, thereby increasing its efficiency and use PCS for uplink.

[twospirits]

 

What do you mean by 40% of this year?

Do you mean the 40% of people left to cover will be accomplished this year

That is how it sounds to me.

 

 

executive team will occasionally work in retail stores and call centers.

That's interesting.

[dkyeager]

500 stores less than T-Mobile, 3000 less than Verizon.

[EvanA]

500 stores less than T-Mobile, 3000 less than Verizon.

No wonder they want the radio shack locations

[dkyeager]

 Churn in Chicago:  Churn decreases nicely where network improves

 

 

1.9 with 2.5 question.  (Bye)  . Path will not be changed, will be complimented.  added 800 to mix.  No specific timeframe, working with device vendors.  Not a year off, more in the long term.

[dkyeager]

Any special offers for retention?  Trying move them to best rate plan.  Prodding customers, especially 3G,  to move to triband phones.  Network improvements.  Using "next best action" software. 

 

Conference call concluded.

Edited February 5, 2015 by dkyeager

[derrph]

Sprint now covers 270 Million POPs with LTE, and 125 Million on 2.5Ghz. Not bad.

Things are moving full steam ahead now that the foundation is complete. Sprint should hit 300 mil pop way before the year ends.

 

 

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[joshuam]

Band 41 is below 2-4 Mbps in Baltimore nowadays...so hopefully having 2.5Ghz downlink with 1.9Ghz for uplink will help with download speeds.

[bigsnake49]

Did nobody ask them about the sale of some 2.5GHz (EBS)? Or horse trading it for PCS? 

[lou99/maximus1987]

Did nobody ask them about the sale of some 2.5GHz (EBS)? Or horse trading it for PCS?

Or buy the h block

[lou99/maximus1987]

Band 41 is below 2-4 Mbps in Baltimore nowadays...so hopefully having 2.5Ghz downlink with 1.9Ghz for uplink will help with download speeds.

Or they could add a second carrier card. Like they did with superbowl.

[sbolen]

Conference call concluded.

Thank you for transcribing that for all of us unable to join!

[lou99/maximus1987]

Thank you for transcribing that for all of us unable to join!

Seekingalpha will have a full transcript soon

[bigsnake49]

Or buy the h block

H block is kind of weird it's not PCS, power characteristics are those of AWS if I remember. Trading for PCS with either AT&T or Verizon or even T-Mobile might be preferable.

[lou99/maximus1987]

H block is kind of weird it's not PCS, power characteristics are those of AWS if I remember. Trading for PCS with either AT&T or Verizon or even T-Mobile might be preferable.

H is right next to g which is b25. 5mhZ is not that much.

Why would att vzw trade spectrum for which they have the handsets and network TODAY for spectrum for which they have neither?

[EvanA]

Band 41 is below 2-4 Mbps in Baltimore nowadays...so hopefully having 2.5Ghz downlink with 1.9Ghz for uplink will help with download speeds.

They noted that is a long term plan, not this year.

 

2.5GHz capacity issues can be solved by increasing density and adding another carrier, which is slated for this year.