Sprint Nextel merger is a bad thing for Nextel Staff

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In <[email protected]> on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:14:55 -0500,
Ralph Blach <[email protected]> wrote:

>I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
>be laid off
>
>How can that be good?

Improves efficiency, reducing costs, thereby resulting in improved service and
lower prices.

>To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
>except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
>networks for a long time.

Both CDMA2000 and GSM now have PTT technology.

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"Ralph Blach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
> be laid off

Heard where? This sort of conflicts with what you say below.

>
> How can that be good? To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
> except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
> networks for a long time.
>

Nextel has committed to iDen through 2007 (2008?). And they have also
stated that they won't give it up until a completely comparable (if not
better) PTT product is available on CDMA. And running two networks for a
couple of years guarantees more jobs than it eliminates (the conflict in
statements I mentioned earlier).

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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> Nextel has committed to iDen through 2007 (2008?). And they have also
> stated that they won't give it up until a completely comparable (if =
not
> better) PTT product is available on CDMA. And running two networks =
for a
> couple of years guarantees more jobs than it eliminates (the conflict =
in
> statements I mentioned earlier).
>

I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed data.
I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the data.
If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.

"John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed data.
I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the data.
If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.

They are successfully running high speed data in NC. Full rollout was being
considered, but the network upgrade costs were pretty steep ($3B). This and
the spectrum swap would have been doable, but quite expensive. No squeeze-
just a lot of money to spend.

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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> "John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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> I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed =
data.
> I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the =
data.
> If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.
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> They are successfully running high speed data in NC. Full rollout was =
being
> considered, but the network upgrade costs were pretty steep ($3B). =
This and
> the spectrum swap would have been doable, but quite expensive. No =
squeeze-
> just a lot of money to spend.
>
Ah! Thanks, Scott.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:14:55 -0500, Ralph Blach
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
>be laid off

Because of the merger! That's *never* happened before!

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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:20:03 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
wrote:

>TDMA is dead.
>All of the other TDMA carriers are migrating to GSM.

GSM *is* TDMA based! If you meant IS-136 you should say so.

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Joseph wrote:

>>TDMA is dead.
>>All of the other TDMA carriers are migrating to GSM.
>
> GSM *is* TDMA based! If you meant IS-136 you should say so.

Yes. You're right, and I *did* mean IS-136.

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