bigsnake49

$60B is peanuts for a company that size. Verizon $105B, AT&T $123B. The combined company would need to stop acting stupid about prices though and start making some money.

How the hell can you tell from that pic?

Yep! .

5G is more IoT friendly in that it can accommodate narrowband more readily and has lower latency so it can be used for control as well as data acquisition.

Verizon is very proactive about installing DAS in big commercial buildings and big box stores.

That takes money...

A sugar daddy/mommy, eh?

I did not think they were running 4x4 on the handset side.

Yeah, let's see this deployed in all of Sprint's sites and no more 1x for data?

Apple did not partner with Qualcomm, I can guarantee you that . They're suing them for...a billion dollars.

I am not sure that handsets can accommodate 4x4 MIMO on B25. Maybe tablets. I could be wrong of course. I guess I am .

I am guessing that the 4x4 MIMO is only available on B41?

Courtside, Sprint and its partners set up an indoor base station system, similar to an outdoor base station set-up, inside the stadium with three-channel carrier aggregation (CA), which Sprint has turned up in 100 markets, including New Orleans. They used 60 MHz of Sprint’s 2.5 GHz spectrum combined with 4X4 MIMO and 256-QAM higher order modulation to achieve Category 16 LTE download data speeds on a TDD network. The pre-commercial Motorola device—a flagship smartphone based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile platform with an integrated Snapdragon X16 LTE modem—is still under wraps and its release date is to be determined, but it was made available to Sprint for demonstration purposes. The device has all the proper antenna and band configurations to support Gigabit Class LTE, including support for High Performance User Equipment (HPUE), a handset-based technology that has the ability to extend Sprint's coverage by up to 30%, including indoors. http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/sprint-shows-off-gigabit-class-lte-qualcomm-motorola-new-orleans

You just had to rain on Sprint's parade, didn't you ?

That's the same thing I see in my area.

First of all WiFi is not deployed on 3.5GHz. The 5GHz one will have to be shared with WiFi.

Not to mention that the other three are getting ready to take advantage of shared spectrum in the 3.5 and 5GHz using LTE-U or LAA.

To fulfill the FCC's buildout requirement. From what I gather from this article: http://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/dish-to-build-nb-iot-network-to-meet-fcc-s-deadline They will build an all-IP, C-RAN based network. They are open to partnerships with already existing wireless providers and or cable networks.

In my case what's unnerving is the not the difference between 14 or 24 Mbps. What's the difference is that Sprint falls to 1x when the other 3 are still on LTE.

Verizon has a lot of debt also, $105B.

Interference !

Because he keeps on harping about spectrum. We know all about Sprint's spectrum and potential, they're harping about it for 5 years now. Tell us what you're doing about your network, tell us what concrete steps you're taking to take advantage of the spectrum.

Actually since you asked, I am an electrical engineer and I have experience in wireless both as an engineer and a program manager although my experience is kinda of old. Sprint's problem is not spectrum but money and management. I would think that Softbank would pitch in and help them with the financial part but they do not seem to be interested in that, they seem to be interested in getting rid of Sprint. For Sprint's sake, since I have had them in some way or another since 1999, is that they merge with T-Mobile. it is my belief that the industry cannot support 4 players, 2 of which are not the same size as the other 2.

Saw, just shut up about spectrum and fix your goddamn network!

I have AT&T and I spent almost 3 years in the Austin area. While they covered the area pretty well they really fell down covering the FTM roads. Verizon did cover them pretty well. Both Sprint and T-Mobile were worthless on FTM roads.