"Sprint and Nextel mull mobile merger - WSJ"

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12..._nextel_talks/>

Sprint - the US's third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival
Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal
would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a
market value of around $70bn.

Market leader Cingular bought AT&T Wireless Services for $41.3bn in
October creating more pressure on rivals to increase their size in
order to compete effectively. The Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed
source in reporting that negotiations between Sprint and Nextel are
ongoing, but a deal is far from certain. Any agreement would almost
certainly be an all-share transaction, it adds.

The putative deal would consolidate Sprint's position in the number
three slot behind Cingular and Verizon Wireless and ahead of T-Mobile
while reducing the number of large US mobile-phone carriers from five
to four. A merger would give Sprint access to Nextel's business
customers, who tend to be more loyal and spend more than regular
consumers thanks in part to Nextel's popular "walkie-talkie" mobile
service. Meanwhile Cingular is further ahead than Verizon in
selecting technology to roll out 3G mobile services.

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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:42:15 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12..._nextel_talks/>
>
> Sprint - the US's third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival
> Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal
> would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a
> market value of around $70bn.

The Register needs better reporters. There's no "reportedly" about the
discussions. They were confirmed by both companies Thursday afternoon.

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In <u7tjr0d87enfghibnk85bimicdmbivf0lk@4ax.com> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:12:26
GMT, Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:42:15 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12..._nextel_talks/>
>>
>> Sprint - the US's third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival
>> Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal
>> would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a
>> market value of around $70bn.
>
>The Register needs better reporters. There's no "reportedly" about the
>discussions. They were confirmed by both companies Thursday afternoon.

The Register was passing along a WSJ story, which probably triggered the
confirmations.

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In <b6mud.10693$_3.123144@typhoon.sonic.net> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:42:15 GMT,
John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12..._nextel_talks/>
>
> Sprint - the US's third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival
> Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal
> would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a
> market value of around $70bn.
>
> Market leader Cingular bought AT&T Wireless Services for $41.3bn in
> October creating more pressure on rivals to increase their size in
> order to compete effectively. The Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed
> source in reporting that negotiations between Sprint and Nextel are
> ongoing, but a deal is far from certain. Any agreement would almost
> certainly be an all-share transaction, it adds.
>
> The putative deal would consolidate Sprint's position in the number
> three slot behind Cingular and Verizon Wireless and ahead of T-Mobile
> while reducing the number of large US mobile-phone carriers from five
> to four. A merger would give Sprint access to Nextel's business
> customers, who tend to be more loyal and spend more than regular
> consumers thanks in part to Nextel's popular "walkie-talkie" mobile
> service. Meanwhile Cingular is further ahead than Verizon in
> selecting technology to roll out 3G mobile services.
>
> [MORE]

<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5485729.html>:

A deal could involve Sprint spinning off its land line business so that a
combination between Nextel and Sprint would be a pure wireless company, the
Journal cited one Wall Street banker as saying.

<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...abBkw&refer=us>:

Sprint rose 92 cents to $25.20, extending yesterday's 7.9 percent rally.
Nextel, which climbed 6.6 percent yesterday, added 49 cents to $30.30.

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:48:33 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

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> A deal could involve Sprint spinning off its land line business so that a
> combination between Nextel and Sprint would be a pure wireless company, the
> Journal cited one Wall Street banker as saying.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the cable companies that has
invested significant money in VOIP, like Time Warner, wouldn't make a
run for Sprint's LD business if they tried to sell it. Already, Sprint
provides the actual long distance interconnection for TW's VOIP
customers. TW has the number of customers to make it worth its while,
and they too could resell that LD access to other VOIP players.
>
><http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...abBkw&refer=us>:
>
> Sprint rose 92 cents to $25.20, extending yesterday's 7.9 percent rally.
> Nextel, which climbed 6.6 percent yesterday, added 49 cents to $30.30.

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In <nf0kr0lg4rv897epbkgqg170tp5jh2jccc@4ax.com> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:09:20
GMT, Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:48:33 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> A deal could involve Sprint spinning off its land line business so that a
>> combination between Nextel and Sprint would be a pure wireless company, the
>> Journal cited one Wall Street banker as saying.
>
>I wouldn't be surprised if one of the cable companies that has
>invested significant money in VOIP, like Time Warner, wouldn't make a
>run for Sprint's LD business if they tried to sell it. Already, Sprint
>provides the actual long distance interconnection for TW's VOIP
>customers. TW has the number of customers to make it worth its while,
>and they too could resell that LD access to other VOIP players.
>>
>><http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...abBkw&refer=us>:
>>
>> Sprint rose 92 cents to $25.20, extending yesterday's 7.9 percent rally.
>> Nextel, which climbed 6.6 percent yesterday, added 49 cents to $30.30.

Indeed -- I personally think the whole thing makes a great deal of sense.

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Reuters
Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for $36 Bln
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041210/telec..._nextel_5.html>

Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc.
for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine
the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources
familiar with the situation said on Friday.

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Sources: Sprint, Nextel deal nears
Sprint said to offer 1.3 shares of its stock for each Nextel share; Sprint,
Nextel rise after bell.
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/09/news...reut/index.htm>

Sprint Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Nextel Communications
Inc. for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would
combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless service carriers, sources
familiar with the situation said Friday.

Under the terms currently being considered, Sprint aims to pay 1.3
shares of its stock for each share of Nextel. It also would pay a
small amount of cash that would give Sprint a slightly larger
ownership stake in the company for tax purposes, sources said.

An agreement could be announced early next week, barring any
complications, the sources said.

Based on the current stock prices, Sprint's offer would value
Nextel's stock at $31.95 a share, plus some cash. The companies
declined to comment.

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"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> Reuters
> Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for $36 Bln
> <http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041210/telec..._nextel_5.html>
>
> Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc.
> for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine
> the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources
> familiar with the situation said on Friday.
>

I wonder if they will drop the toy beep-beep-beep walkie talkies...


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"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> Sources: Sprint, Nextel deal nears
> Sprint said to offer 1.3 shares of its stock for each Nextel share;
> Sprint,
> Nextel rise after bell.
> <http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/09/news...reut/index.htm>
>
> Sprint Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Nextel Communications
> Inc. for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would
> combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless service carriers, sources
> familiar with the situation said Friday.
>

How do the technology and spectrum issues play out in this? Isn't Nextel
being eased out of its 800 mhz SMR spectrum and being pushed into a new
block of 1900 MHz? If so, that's going to mean changing out a lot of
handsets and adding towers.

The new entity will obviously need a strong PTT system to satisfy its
Nextel customers, but can iDEN and CDMA 2000 co-exist in the same spectrum?
There is some other PTT solutions that might work on CDMA, of course. Which
ones would be best? I've heard good things about what Alltel is using.

This would certainly solve Nextel's data issues with Sprint ramping up
EV-DO with EV-DV down the road.

This actually sounds more interesting technologically than the
ATT/Cingular merger.


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In <_sWdnSPQFO48qifcRVn-qw@adelphia.com> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:57:32 -0500,
"George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:KUpud.10740$_3.123576@typhoon.sonic.net...
>> Reuters
>> Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for $36 Bln
>> <http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041210/telec..._nextel_5.html>
>>
>> Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc.
>> for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine
>> the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources
>> familiar with the situation said on Friday.
>
>I wonder if they will drop the toy beep-beep-beep walkie talkies...

PTT (Push-To-Talk) has been a big hit for Nextel, and other carriers are
rushing to match it, so it's not likely to be dropped. ;-) As Nextel has
been evaluating upgrades from iDEN, the importance of PTT has been a major
stumbling block -- the initial implementation on CDMA2000, reportedly the
upgrade technology favored by Nextel, hasn't been as good as iDEN or even
Nokia on GSM.

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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:57:32 -0500, "George" <george@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>
>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:KUpud.10740$_3.123576@typhoon.sonic.net...
>> Reuters
>> Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for $36 Bln
>> <http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041210/telec..._nextel_5.html>
>>
>> Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc.
>> for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine
>> the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources
>> familiar with the situation said on Friday.
>>
>
>I wonder if they will drop the toy beep-beep-beep walkie talkies...

Believe it or not there are people who *want* that annoying feature!
Nextel's biggest market is *business* and many businesses such as
contractors really *like* the feature though as many people point out
it does seem like an annoying feature with all the "cheeps."
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>
> In <_sWdnSPQFO48qifcRVn-qw@adelphia.com> on Fri, 10 Dec 2004
> 18:57:32 -0500,
> "George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>>news:KUpud.10740$_3.123576@typhoon.sonic.net.. .
>>> Reuters
>>> Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for $36 Bln
>>> <http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041210/telec..._nextel_5.html>
>>>
>>> Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc.
>>> for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine
>>> the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources
>>> familiar with the situation said on Friday.
>>
>>I wonder if they will drop the toy beep-beep-beep walkie talkies...
>
> PTT (Push-To-Talk) has been a big hit for Nextel, and other carriers are
> rushing to match it, so it's not likely to be dropped. ;-) As Nextel has
> been evaluating upgrades from iDEN, the importance of PTT has been a major
> stumbling block -- the initial implementation on CDMA2000, reportedly the
> upgrade technology favored by Nextel, hasn't been as good as iDEN or even
> Nokia on GSM.
>
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John,

When will Cingular get PTT?

bamp

some people don't like it but for business it is an extremely cost effective and efficent way to comunicate. Nextel will never drop the PTT. The reason nextels PTT works so much better than any of the other is because of the spectrum that they use, this is why all of the public service systems use it. this is also why nextel is not having that much sucess with the high frequency spectrums but I have no doubt they will figure something out before they have to move to the new spectrum.

How many more times are you going to post this crap?


<pro_engineer_97@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have been employed by Sprint PCS in the past, and am currently
> employed by Nextel. Nextel has excellent benefits, and has a great
> working environment. They don't just "talk the talk", they truly care
> about their employees. They will even give you $3,500 to assist with
> adopting a child.
>
> Sprint, on the other hand, has mediocre benefits at best, and treat
> their employees as "just another number".
>
> The news of this merger is a big disappointment to me, and I advise all
> Nextel employees to get ready for the "shaft".
>
> I reactivated my resume on all of the major job boards today. Sprint is
> not a good place to work.
>