IamMrFamous07

Wait didn't sprint lose 1.3 subs in Q2 due to the nextel shutdown which I understand but to lose even more during the holiday season that's unheard of.

Buying tmobile should be softbanks and sprints last priority, they should really use that "45 billion" to expedite spark & network vison, buy a regional carrier or two, and use the rest for marketing.

If tmobile & ATT can make a comeback I don't see why sprint can't.

I just don't understand smh

2 million seems a stretch lol I'm expecting 350,000-500,000

I heard to expect a loss of 2 Million subs. I'm interested to see if that pans out.

 

Robert

Are you serious? 2million?

I hope we get a surprise tomorrow. Last report we learned about spark and the one before we found out sprint was deploying band 41 on all network vision sites plus more.

I hope Sprint announces VoLTE coming late this year lol

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303874504579373242977741138?mg=reno64-wsj

Sprint is rethinking their decision about T-mobile which I agree with. I'd rather sprint/SoftBank use the money for expediting the spark rollout and coverage. Also maybe buy us cellular or cspire

Finally got the update!!! Thank you baby jesus

Can some one ask Legere on his twitter account if he likes fish sticks?

 

Lmao

I don't want Legere to have any part of a combined company.

 

If Hesse leaves at any point I'd rather look at a technically proficient candidate externally to run the combined company.

I kind of like Legere. He's like the Kanye West of all the CEOs lol

Man after the SoftBank acquisition I feel there is so much going on with "New Sprint" I can't keep up. Not complaining but can they just accomplish one task then complete the other. Geez lol

I don't even know what's going on now lol

I wish I can call sprint technical support to have them push the update through my phone...

It was disappointing to get a confirmation of sorts from Sprints customer care on their forum that the Frederick, MD area is not even on the scheduled for LTE at this time.

Sprint should just sell the frederick market to shentel

Article was disgusting and straight ignorance. S**t like that makes me want sprint and SoftBank come with a bang this year!

Hopefully they exceed their deployment goals for 800. & 2600. Also I hope they start to deploy 20+ 20 end of this year.

I kind of wish sprint waited to announce spark though. I personally think they should of started deploying it and then once they completed the 1900 lte rollout then announce spark.

Can sprint obtain some of this Spectrum? and I wonder if Tmobile will deploy TD LTE with its acquired A licenses

The FCC has approved deployment of Time Division Duplex (TDD) equipment in the upper 700 MHz A Block. 

Access Spectrum, which holds wireless spectrum licenses in the Upper 700 MHz A Block covering two-thirds of the United States, said in a statement that the decision confirms that TDD equipment, which uses a single frequency for both transmission and reception, can be deployed in full compliance with FCC regulations in the Upper 700 MHz A Block, without the worry of interference. 

Michael Gottdenker, chairman and CEO of Access Spectrum said the FCC’s authorization for the use of TDD equipment marks an important milestone in the development of the Upper 700 MHz A Block. 

"This approval demonstrates that the equipment complies with the regulatory technical rules thatapply to the A Block. The development of this equipment helps to illustrate the wide range and variety of technologies that can be deployed by technology companies, critical infrastructure enterprises, and government entities that are in need of wireless spectrum to deploy any number of cutting edge technologies – from machine to machine communications to smart grid applications, from hospital and health care connectivity to high-quality data processing,” Gottdenker said. 

The news should be encouraging to a company like Sprint, which has chosen to go ahead with a TDD LTE rollout, on hopes that committments from China Mobile to do the same will help scale the technology. 

However slowly, Sprint is deploying is "ultra-broadband TDD-LTE" network in its newly-acquired 2.5 GHz spectrum. Sprint’s TDD deployment will be the first use of the technology in a national deployment in North America.

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2014/01/fcc-approves-tdd-deployment-upper-700-mhz-block

Hopefully we can get a volte device sometime next year

I have been there before with my G2 and I got nothing. I need the Spark update to truly test the area but I still havent got the ota. ????

Neither have I lol

Hello? The T-Mobile brand belongs to Deutsche Telekom. Not gonna happen...

 

AJ

Ok they might keep the name sprint but best believe SoftBank will probably keep tmobiles exec team over sprints or mix and match. Not hating on sprint but tmobile is winning they are doing something right. Sprint has all the tools they need but I feel they don't have a "sense of urgency" like the other 3 when it comes to their network

I really think softbank will get rid of the sprint brand and just keep tmobile. People will be supportive if the two merge but keep tmobiles core philosophies and marketing strategies.

Ill support softbank if they favor the tmobile brand over sprints

Same here, just going to have to wait.

Did anyone get the update OTA?

Still no update for me

Have anyone receieved the update over the air yet?

Still no Washtington DC. em.....

I picked up lte in many parts of dc

So when will sprint add new customers? Is that the million dollar question?

In a perfect world they probably could but the problem right now I would imagine is equipment and manpower. Unless Sprint has the same NV crews who do all parts of the NV equipment installation for 800/1900/2500 MHz (which currently doesn't happen...Sprint has different crews for all aspects of installation. Ex: cabinet installers, LTE integration crews, antenna panel/RRU installers, electrical power crews, backhaul crews,etc), I don't see this happening. Sprint's goal right now is to ensure all 39K Sprint sites are upgraded with NV equipment first. Once a site is finished these crews should be moving to upgrading the rest of the sites still in that market that have not been touched with NV OR upgrading those sites that have just 3G only accepted to 4G. There are still way too many red dots on the NV Complete maps that still need LTE 1900 upgraded which tells me that a lot of upgraded NV equipment sites still need backhaul and couldn't support 2.5 GHz LTE anyways.

 

At some point, Sprint needs to complete their 1900 MHz rollout 100% before trying to install new bands. Critics of Sprint already claim that Sprint is all over the place and can't focus on a single task. There are plenty of Sprint customers all over the US that have still not had a lick of LTE in sight so I would say that 2.5 GHz is not as high of a priority currently than LTE 1900 deployment. The Clearwire 2.5 GHz LTE sites should be able to hold over many of the major markets in the mean time until Sprint can get to it. The scope of the NV project is too big and keeps getting larger and larger as we add more puzzle pieces into the mix especially post Softbank. I know we all have a tendency to want Sprint to do 10 things at once but that is just not reality.

Yea you are right. I hope we get a more detailed plan about their network and marketing goals this year. Like I said before, for sprint to publicly say 2014 is their year and,not tmobiles,they must have something up their sleeves but of course they cant do anything until the network is decent enough for them to market their services.

I just hope the final result will be worth the wait.

Can sprint theoritically just buy Tmobile's edge only towers and just convert them to network vision sites with 2.5?