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The sites I was talking about were on the May NV schedule map. However, the NV complete map doesn't reflect that. So I assume those Brooklyn sites are not live. I not on Sprint anymore so I wouldn't have anyway to test and see.

If Sprint does decide to participate in the reverse auction, they don't have to solely do LTE 800. They can deploy a 1xAdvanced carrier with EVDO there as well. CDMA roaming can be offered to VZW in the area.Virtually all Sprint phones already support cellular(prior to the inclusion of ESMR band starting last summer), so no additional work would be needed there. Also using 1xAdvanced in max-coverage configuration, along with minimum usable down-tilt should make covering large amounts of the licensed area possible without too much difficulty.

But who would they get to use that spectrum? If the area does have smaller carriers, they most likely are already with agreement with the other Tier 1 carriers. Sprint doesn't have any SRA's in Montana anymore(Western Wireless became a SRA member in Fall of 2004. They were bought 9 months later by Alltel, and they were bought by VZ in 2008).

Isn't it possible that Sprint will do expansion for the grant money the FCC is offering to cover rural areas? Article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226820/FCC_launches_new_mobile_broadband_subsidy?source=rss_mobilewireless&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fs%2Ffeed%2Ftopic%2F15+%28Computerworld+Mobile+and+Wireless+News%29 Map of eligible areas: http://tiles.mapbox.com/fcc/map/Mobility-Fund-Phase-1-Eligible-Areas

Does the Part 90 wavier still have to be attached to the FCC filings?

Sprint network expansion? Now that sounds crazy. I guess we would just hear more has NV progress. Maybe if NV goes well, they might look at a NV-extended plan for network expansion in areas and states they don't offer native service.

Like a HTC Magic?

I think that adopting a "LTE" icon would be best. No need to preface it with 4G. It would differentiate itself from the WiMAX generation of phones. It's just a little thing that will let the customer know(or at least perceive) that this is different from the 4G phones of the past(WiMAX).

1900/2500 LTE handsets should start being released by mid-2013. I expect that also 800 LTE will be in handsets by this time.

Is getting 900MHz untangled possible or is it just not worth the effort? If after the iDEN shutdown Sprint has no other way to possibly use this spectrum, maybe they'll just sell it?

Is it due to some type of hardware limitation that the current-gen Sprint LTE phones can't support 800 LTE, or is it just that the phone wasn't tested for that by the FCC?

Isn't possible that the SGS III wouldn't be tested through Sprint's labs(like the iPhone)?

When Sprint decides to deploy LTE in the PCS A-F blocks, MetroPCS' and some AT&T phones should be able to(hypothetically) use Sprint's LTE network if provided with provisioning and a SIM(in the case of AT&T devices, data-only would most likely be the only choice available unless there VoLTE). If AT&T decides to create LTE phones that are able to access their 850MHz holdings(but using superset Band Class 26 instead of just Class 5), those devices should also be able to be usable on Sprint's 800MHz LTE holdings. This Pantech device(P8010) just went through the FCC. It's includes Band Classes 2, 4, 5, and 17. It doesn't include superset Band Classes 25(Class 2 + G Block) & 26(Class 5 + ESMR). http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/15/pantech-p8010-meets-fcc/ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1687578

Is there any chance that Sprint would adopt SIM cards in the future?

And if this is 800MHz(and maybe 2.5GHz) LTE compatible, might hold out til Q4 for it. Sent from my HTC Titan using Board Express

Seems like they're two NV sites within walking distance of my home w/ 4G turning on next Saturday. Hopefully this will include some 3G speed increases as well(slow 3G was reason for me leaving on the first place).

Pizza pie Sent from my HTC Titan using Board Express

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helio_(wireless_carrier) I believe the biggest reason they faded is because they failed to offer a competitive handset line-up after launch(the Helio Ocean was very advanced in it's time, but not much came after that). That, along with funding issues from Earthlink. Do you think that if a company like Helio, which imported it's handset line-up from South Korea would survive now? If I also remember correctly, Helio did the Everything Plan(Unlimited Talk/Text/Web) before Sprint by about a year.

Equipment manufacturer's don't want to support it? Is it a cost issue or just about practicality?

I wonder if Clearwire ever intends to max out their spectrum holdings for LTE-Advanced. They have ~140MHz per market, maybe do a full blown 20+20+20+20+20 config(since LTE-A Rev.10 only supports up to 100MHz). Imagine the speeds...

Why would the DoJ block Sprint from buying Clearwire? Sent from my HTC Titan using Board Express

The sooner it happens, the better.

So does many smaller carriers. I don't see China Mobile getting too much trouble buying into Clearwire.

The fed's don't see it that way. Thus Sprint was(for the most part) forced to decline Huawei and ZTE's Network Vision bids.

China and the Fed don't exactly love one another. There's a Google search. http://bit.ly/IGa6On