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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article25159909.html Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure met behind closed doors Monday morning with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, but officials said cellphones were on the agenda and not the Miami soccer stadium Claure wants to secure for David Beckham. Claure, one of Beckham’s financial partners in the soccer push, pitched Gimenez and top aides Monday on Sprint’s plans to beef up its network and retail presence in the Miami area, according to county officials and a Sprint presentation. “I don’t know what you guys are here for, but it was not about soccer,” Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt told reporters shortly after leaving the 7:30 a.m. meeting held at the county’s water department, which is near Gimenez’s home in the Coral Gables area. Claure told reporters when he arrived he planned to answer questions after the meeting, but took a different route when he left and did not speak to reporters. ... Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article25159909.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/us-softbank-tmobile-idUSKBN0E917A20140529

Feel sorry for the folks who are gonna lose there jobs.... Hopefully this will improve Sprint's bottom line... http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-take-165m-charge-job-cuts/2014-01-24

Sprint yesterday announced that the company's faster "Spark" LTE upgrades have gone live in Chicago. Last month Sprint announced they'd be combining the company's 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz LTE spectrum to provide what Sprint promises will be real-world downstream speeds of 50-60 Mbps. In an announcement, Sprint now says that these so-called "Spark" upgrades have now gone live in the Chicago area. Sprint intends to use aggregation technology in the 2.5 GHz band to deploy Spark, which will only work on Sprint's lineup of tri-band phones including the HTC One max, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy Mega and Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. “Sprint’s investment in upgrading our network infrastructure has required a massive team of dedicated engineers and technicians to systematically install new, modern 3G and 4G LTE-capable equipment," said Bob Azzi, Sprint chief network officer. "This process involved equipping Sprint cell towers in the Chicago area with state-of-the-art network technology. It took us more than a year to complete and, although there have been some service interruptions, we expect our customers will find the improved Sprint wireless experience worth it," said Azzi. Sprint says they'll deploy Spark in about 100 of the nation's biggest cities in the next three years, with about 100 million Americans having access to Sprint Spark or 2.5 GHz coverage by the end of 2014. The added capacity and speed can't come too soon for Sprint, given they've fallen to last place in most of the major recent LTE network speed and reliability tests.

People don't understand that upgrading/replacing a network completely doesn't happen overnight. In some areas, the NV upgrades can't come fast enough, therefore people leave. The only problem I've seen is that current LTE markets such as Miami (where I live), speeds are starting to drop to very low levels.... 1-2 mbps. About three weeks ago I was in NYC, and in some area's LTE/3G was almost nothing - no data, couldn't send/receive iMessages.... But I'm hanging onto Sprint... 5 years and counting.

Yea I had no data service on 3G or 4G all the way from from Homestead to Doral.... Was early this morning around 4:30 AM.

On the way to work this morning down in Miami, I had no data 3G/4G and no voice. Called Sprint when I got to the office, and they said they are experiencing a voice/data outages in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.... Sounds like some major network routing issues... Anyone else having problems?

Wow - Just looked at the coverage maps for Miami - and it shows LTE coverage all over... This is def not right.

Like how the use the word "Hotspots" in Miami, etc.........

It seems that the cell site in Homestead is also been tweaked. The area of coverage has been greatly reduced when I drove by the morning.

LTE live on site MI60XC221 in Homestead as of yesterday. From installation to activation in the less than 4 weeks is fast! Hope they continue this across all of the sites in Miami. Speedtest of 27.03 mbps on the down, and 6 on the up is not bad...

They generally install the new Panels/RRU's right next to the legacy Panels on the same section of the tower.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/05/21/as-softbank-and-dish-fight-over-sprint-it-raises-offer-for-clearwire/

Thats what I always wondered why other carriers have more panels on towers than sprint. Almost all sprint towers here in Miami have 1 panel per sector, where as other carriers have 4-5 per sector. Is this due to different technologies and/or more traffic the cell site serves??

Just went by site MI60XC221 in Homestead.... Found the Panels and RRU's on the ground. Fence has a permit box, and the tower has new braces on the third row which belong to Sprint.... Robert you can def. mark this site as "In Progress"

LTE coverage is not everywhere yet. There is areas that dont have it..

At least the site on the FIU campus is LTE live... Nice....

Sounds like the Miami market has been slow moving... Not a whole lot of action nor on here..

Has anyone been having problems with their devices constantly changing from 3G to O during peek hours; 6PM - 10PM? I've notice this happening more often in the last past few weeks. Is this due to a lack of EVDO carriers?

http://www.fiercebro...bles/2013-02-13

Ahhh ok - Thanks Robert. Hope they can get more on air pretty quick. Is there any reason tho they are bring up the clusters instead of just activating them as they finish the install?

Was by the site in homestead that has the 3g/4g/800 and 3g data speed were almost 0. Couldn't even do a speed test via the app. Just sat there. Wondering if the new 3g hardware is activated or connected to legacy backhaul.

Looks like T-Mob is deploying LTE down in Miami... Just saw a crew on a T-Mob only site with tower climbers installing new panels down in Homestead...

Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) pushed the FCC to apply its spectrum screen to Clearwire's (NASDAQ:CLWR) trove of 2.5 GHz spectrum while the agency reviews Sprint Nextel's (NYSE:S) proposed purchase of Clearwire. If the FCC does apply the screen to the deal, the agency could limit how much spectrum Sprint could ultimately acquire through its purchase of Clearwire. In a filing with the FCC, Verizon argued the FCC should evaluate Clearwire's spectrum in the same way as spectrum in other bands. Sprint has argued that Clearwire's spectrum is above 2 GHz and so the FCC's spectrum screen--which is aimed at capping the amount of spectrum a single carrier can devote to mobile broadband--should not be applied to its purchase of Clearwire. But Verizon pointed out Clearwire is already using the spectrum, dubbed BRS/EBS, for mobile broadband. "As the applicants themselves demonstrate, however, this spectrum is clearly both suitable and available for mobile services--and in fact it is already in use," Verizon wrote. "Indeed, they assert that control of the BRS/EBS spectrum will enable them to compete even more vigorously in the mobile services market. In short, in order to evaluate this transaction, the commission must include 133 MHz of BRS/EBS spectrum in its spectrum screen analysis, in addition to the other blocks of spectrum that are currently included in the screen." Sprint's proposed acquisition of Clearwire is tied to Softbank's proposed purchase of 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion. Verizon did not take a position on the Sprint/Softbank or Sprint/Clearwire deals, but made it clear that if the FCC approves the transactions it wants Clearwire's spectrum evaluated in the same way as other radio waves. Petitions to deny the deals were due Monday. The FCC is currently evaluating its spectrum screen rules and has said that while that review is ongoing it will continue to apply its current case-by-case approach to evaluate mobile spectrum holdings. Verizon noted that when the FCC approved AT&T Mobility's (NYSE:T) purchase of 2.3 GHz WCS spectrum recently, it added 20 MHz of WCS to its spectrum screen because it had determined that WCS spectrum is "suitable and available for the provision of mobile telephony/broadband services" and "should therefore be added to the spectrum screen." Verizon's push is not surprising. Both Verizon and AT&T made similar arguments to the FCC in November as part of the FCC's separate review of its spectrum screen rules. At the time, AT&T said the FCC should update the screen "to include all of the available spectrum that is 'suitable' for mobile wireless services," and specifically include spectrum that Clearwire controls when it makes that consideration. Meanwhile, Sprint and Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) continue to skirmish at the FCC. Dish's unsolicited $3.30 per share counterbid for Clearwire may force Sprint to raise its $2.97 per share offer to match it. Dish has urged the FCC to halt its review of the deals while Clearwire's board considers Dish's offer. Sprint has said the FCC should not delay its review, arguing that the FCC "routinely processes transfer of control applications notwithstanding the existence of shareholder litigation or closing contingencies, such as the need for shareholder approval."

NV isn't even 50% done. As Robert mentioned before, as more NV sites go on air, and are adjusted for spacing coverage will increase and get better.