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87% of base is on smart phones

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Sprint can't just do any one thing. They need to do it all. They need to focus on B41 backhaul throughput and B41 small cells and DAS. And they need to plan and work on B41 CAx2 and CAx3. And they

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Based on an interesting email I just received, Sprint is intending to just use B41 downlink TDD to use B25 uplink only when it cannot communicate back with B41 uplink.   The purpose of this new TDD

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According to my favorite Samsung birdie, the biggest cause of slow B41 speeds is backhaul. There is a big push on backhaul increases at B41 sites. He said that in his region 10% have been done and t

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average bill per user is about $62

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They have retired some clearwire debt

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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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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 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.

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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.

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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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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?

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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.

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