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At least we know he isn't planning to sell the company... I especially liked Masa's comments on the four carrier networks in the USA...

That, or they're going to sit out the auction altogether, which I hope is not the case!

Whole bunch of stuff in this... Confirmation of 2x20MHz Carrier Aggregation on Band 41 with Antenna Beamforming to improve coverage at the cell edge. Also: Confirmation of the Next Generation Network Build... and.... and....

Why was he let go? Is there a backstory to this?

Sprint ought to make a downloadable Sprint Zone app for Nexus devices (and presumably the upcoming Motorola X, which presumably won't come with it since it's not a Sprint-issued device)... at least for network issue reporting and account management purposes. Apparently, the App requires system-level integration on Android, which is why it's preinstalled on other devices. However, there's no such requirement on iOS. What functionality in the Android version of the Sprint Zone App requires system level integration? Diagnostics?

This is why reporting speed/coverage issues in Sprint Zone [link: http://www.sprint.com/landings/sprintzone/index.html] (and to Tech Support) is so important. It gives Sprint real-time feedback on network performance to help improve the network for everyone.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Earnings Call on August 4th. Hopefully, we get official word on Sprint's 2x20MHz Band 41 Carrier Aggregation Deployment (now leaked), general LTE deployment progress (especially Bands 26/41), and some guidance on its "Next Generation Network" plan.

Thanks for the explanation. So which vendor has the best performing Network Vision gear? Or is it all built to the same spec per Sprint?

Are there differences between the equipment deployed across the vendor territories, or is the gear all built to the same performance/specifications?

This may be a basic question, but why did Sprint use multiple vendors for Network Vision? Wouldn't it have been better from a network management perspective to have a uniform deployment of gear from a single vendor?

Marcelo likely has the results already, which are probably NDA'd for a certain release time.

Interesting.... Which tweet? Link?

Since people from all over the country/world pass through an airport, it's effectively a nationwide/worldwide network in a self-contained space, not just a local one. That's why it's all the more important that airport performance be a priority for Sprint. The bang for the buck will go well beyond the limits of the airport grounds. Expand that level of performance to the 50 airports on this list and beyond, and you suddenly have a network investment which impacts millions of different people on a daily basis... And you've done it to fulfill their need for connectivity when traveling, which heavily influences perceptions and carrier choice. We know that Marcelo saw this report: https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/624323887879159809 We also know Marcelo has his eyes on the upcoming nationwide results: https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/624333609143521280

My apologies for this.

RootMetrics doesn't include Boingo in its results AFAIK. I hope the Boingo deal works out and improves things, but it won't be reflected in these reports, except for if there's less overall traffic on the Macro/DAS network serving the area as a result. Perhaps it will speed things up a bit in that case.

Then what explains the other carriers having much faster speeds than Sprint across the board? Sprint's connection results might be fine, but the data throughput is terrible. Whatever the other carriers are doing here, they're doing it better. To quote directly from the Report: Sprint didn’t win a RootScore Award in any airport during this round of testing (in the second half of 2014, it earned one RootScore Award). The good news for Sprint customers, however, is that the network showed across-the-board improvement in reliability. We were able to connect to Sprint’s network in more than 97% of tests at 31 airports, compared to only 21 airports in our last round of testing. And we were then able to complete our web/app task more than 97% of the time at 34 airports, compared to 28 last time. The biggest performance drawback for Sprint is speed, which continues to trail those of the other networks. As our speed distribution chart shows, Sprint’s speeds consistently fell into the slowest range. Whether looking at download or upload, no network had more markets fall into the 0-5 Mbps range. Moreover, Sprint's download speeds never exceeded 15 Mbps and upload speeds never surpassed 10 Mbps. The bottom line: Sprint’s reliability enhancements deserve praise but the network still has room to improve when considering speed.

This is what has to happen, or it'll be more of the same next time this report comes around. I'm sorry, but this report is flat out embarrassing. Hopefully it's enough to get management moving on this... quickly.

I've said this 1000 times. Sprint can get some quick network wins in Airports. It's a self-contained area. Lots of people pass through from all over the world. It's an easy place to gain a great reputation or lose it... With reports like these, Sprint is losing it. For starters, Marcelo needs to sit down with the administrative folks at the 50 airports on this list and put a Triband DAS in each one. Period.

The Sprint variants of the Galaxy Note 5 (SM-G920P) and Galaxy S6 Edge+ (SM-G928P) showed up at the FCC yesterday.

There's a new carrier bundle: Sprint 20.1 Does it address this?

That's great news... but where's the report on the site? I don't see it.

This looks like my Sprint stock since the acquisition.... I tried to take all cash but it was oversubscribed, so I wound up getting cash and stock on a prorated basis... For a picture of how I wish it was doing and the dividends I wish it was paying on a regular basis, see "Old Faithful"....

I see what you mean. The article is definitely a bit off in terms off in terms of the bands listed. Did you also download/read the case study? There's some interesting info on the build. Link: http://info.jmawireless.com/download-levis-stadium-case-study

No 2.5GHz? Where does it say that? Did I miss it?

RCRWireless has a good article on the DAS build in Levi's Stadium for the 2016 Super Bowl. Thoughts?