Sprint and T-Mobile in merger talks

Re:Sprint and T-Mobile in merger talks by lyamys on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @12:54PM (#2301824)

Sprint and T-Mobile are on incompatible networks (CDMA vs GSM) and the Nextel acquisition was, as the article puts it, "disastrous."

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Re:Sprint and T-Mobile in merger talks by runjake on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @01:45PM (#2302049)

That doesn't play too big a part when both companies are still evaluating* their post-GSM/CDMA strategies. Both are also known for being behind the curve on this, as well.

* HSPA isn't post-GSM, and rumors around Sprint dumping the existing "4G" WiMAX, in favor of LTE, have been around the industry for years.

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Re:Sprint and T-Mobile in merger talks by graywh on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @02:03PM (#2302123)

A bigger consideration is the spectrum licenses.

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