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Interesting news development: Verizon to raise $1.17B through bond backed by EIP loans Sprint's creation of Mobile Leasing Solutions in conjunction with SoftBank was a pretty smart move! On Page 10 of Sprint's Fiscal 4Q15 Quarterly Investor Update, it says:

My device was cycling through coverage/no service intermittently for about 15 minutes yesterday. Would this be related?

Perhaps your workplace wouldn't mind receiving a check every month from Sprint for placing a site there? Couldn't hurt to ask. Would your workplace meet the site eligibility criteria? If you're ok with having a cell tower on your lot, you should let Sprint know that as well, and submit a request. Best kind of money is mailbox money!

I've used Sprint Zone quite a bit. I think it's made a difference. I've only called about issues a couple times. That worked too as far as I can tell.

I guess you need a small cell near you. You could always put in a request! Have space for a pole?

What happened once they took a look?

More than 40% of Sprint's traffic is on 2.5 GHz, Wells Fargo says Sounds like Sprint has made some real progress on this front, including the comments on small cells. Interesting info on sales/distribution being a concern.

You brought up some interesting points. As far as I've heard given Sprint's downsizing, Sprint has made an effort to have customers utilize more self-service features, and that includes Sprint Zone to report network issues (and for billing inquiries, etc.) Apparently, store reps are required to set up Sprint Zone and give a brief orientation on supported devices. Issue reports in Sprint Zone are essentially the same as contacting tech support and filing a network issue "pinpoint" report... unless we make the assumption that those don't get looked at either.

We either take him at his word or not. If you don't believe him on this, why believe him on anything else he says?

Perhaps someone could ask Marcelo about this on Twitter directly for him to answer in the affirmative/negative.

You need to report this in Sprint Zone.

He's the right guy to have around for the VoLTE stand up and eventual CDMA sunset. Considering the fact that he was there when Telstra shutdown its CDMA network 10 years ago, seeing Sprint on CDMA must be a bit of a time warp for him. However, doesn't CDMA have certain advantages over GSM? This will be moot with a move to VoLTE right?

Thanks! :-)

Great interview/article with Tarek Robbiati (Sprint CFO): ‘Profound transformation’ at Sprint will be ‘big challenge’ for company’s new CFO Lots of stuff in there about his perspectives on Sprint's past mistakes and its upcoming network/business plans.

Like anything, it comes down to whom you believe on this. I'm convinced work is happening. We've seen evidence of it.

Forsee is still getting paid...

Didn't the Dual Mode equipment from Clearwire enable Sprint to quickly implement 2xCA via a software update?

Thanks. I haven't had issues on it myself. Perhaps it's market specific though.

What's the PRL Number?

I agree with you about most things. Neville had the advantage of sufficient funding and a forward thinking CEO/Board. However, Saw is a smart guy, and he has the experience (and financial backing from Marcelo/Son) that Sprint needs now for its work with high frequencies for backhaul and densification. Remember, Saw worked under the prior Sprint network guys who were fired by Marcelo back in March 2014: Now it's Saw's show, and Marcelo/Son wouldn't have kept him if they didn't have confidence in him. Also, Dan Hesse wanted to buy MetroPCS. The Board wouldn't let him.

Well, we can always count on Moffett....

Sprint stock surges on SoftBank recommitment, management upheaval I'm a happy Sprint shareholder today. Son specifically reiterated his commitment to Sprint: Based on the Article, it looks like Nikesh will have to leave his Board of Director Position at Sprint as well.

That doesn't always work out well. Too many cooks ruin the soup.

Dr. John Saw, Sprint's CTO, has plenty of experience with 2.5 GHz and other high frequencies given his work at Clearwire and on Project Angel, etc. See this Bloomberg Article which talks about his background:

And cue the crickets on Verizon's end. Well done Marcelo. Well done.