Sprint/Nextel Merger

Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
Sprint towers?

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Name wrote:
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> Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
> Sprint towers?

Or vice versa.

Wouldn't *that* be nice... Better coverage for *everyone*!

Notan

That probably won't happen because it makes way to much sense.


"Name" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
> Sprint towers?
>

Originally Posted by Name

Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
Sprint towers?

this will begin within the next year, then they plan to start moving both companies to one common frequency.

1badss wrote:
>
> Name Wrote:
> > Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
> > Sprint towers?
> this will begin within the next year, then they plan to start moving
> both companies to one common frequency.

And what, pray tell, would that frequency be?

Notan

Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2 yrs.
Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist only
for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.



"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1badss wrote:
>>
>> Name Wrote:
>> > Anyone know if they're are any plans to add Nextel service on existing
>> > Sprint towers?
>> this will begin within the next year, then they plan to start moving
>> both companies to one common frequency.
>
> And what, pray tell, would that frequency be?
>
> Notan

"Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2
yrs.
> Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist
only
> for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
> Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.
>

Not quite- you don't piss away cellular licenses and force everybody to
existing frequencies- that's how you get capacity issues.

The old Sprint shareholders own something like 50.9% of the new company and
that was done for tax reasons- it is a merger. Of the executives named to
date, it also appears to be an even split of old Nextel and old Sprint
people running the show- it is a merger.

BTW- both the CEO and Chairman of the Board have both stated that the iDen
network will continue to operate until at least 2010 and that nobody will be
forced to migrate. Nextel as a brand will be around for a lot longer than
two years.

Sprint (NYSE: FON) and Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL) today announced that they have completed their merger transaction, forming Sprint Nextel Corporation. Sprint Nextel common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, under the symbol "S."



iDEN planned to be operational through at least 2010 and Nextel's popular walkie-talkie services continuing to deliver.



"Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2
> yrs.
>> Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist
> only
>> for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
>> Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.
>>
>
> Not quite- you don't piss away cellular licenses and force everybody to
> existing frequencies- that's how you get capacity issues.
>
> The old Sprint shareholders own something like 50.9% of the new company and
> that was done for tax reasons- it is a merger. Of the executives named to
> date, it also appears to be an even split of old Nextel and old Sprint
> people running the show- it is a merger.
>
> BTW- both the CEO and Chairman of the Board have both stated that the iDen
> network will continue to operate until at least 2010 and that nobody will be
> forced to migrate. Nextel as a brand will be around for a lot longer than
> two years.
>
>

Originally Posted by Name

Sprint (NYSE: FON) and Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL) today announced that they have completed their merger transaction, forming Sprint Nextel Corporation. Sprint Nextel common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, under the symbol "S."



iDEN planned to be operational through at least 2010 and Nextel's popular walkie-talkie services continuing to deliver.



"Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2
> yrs.
>> Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist
> only
>> for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
>> Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.
>>
>
> Not quite- you don't piss away cellular licenses and force everybody to
> existing frequencies- that's how you get capacity issues.
>
> The old Sprint shareholders own something like 50.9% of the new company and
> that was done for tax reasons- it is a merger. Of the executives named to
> date, it also appears to be an even split of old Nextel and old Sprint
> people running the show- it is a merger.
>
> BTW- both the CEO and Chairman of the Board have both stated that the iDen
> network will continue to operate until at least 2010 and that nobody will be
> forced to migrate. Nextel as a brand will be around for a lot longer than
> two years.
>
>

It will be a much higher frequency, not the Sprint PCS frequecy. It will be in the 1.8 GHz range or higher, I cannot remember exactly. Nextel purchased most of the higher spectrum before the merger as a deal with the FCC when they had to move their existing network due to public saftey interference. It will run a VOIP direct connect, which sprint currently uses for their two way but will be much faster due to the higher frequency and the phone voice quality will be unmatched by any other carrier. Additionally the capacity of the network will be increase almost 100 times or more compared to what it currently is. it will be good for everyone, and the current nextel network will be operational for at least the next 5 years.

Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2 yrs.
Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist only
for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.

**COUGH COUGH BULLS**T COUGH COUGH**

Coming from the inside, here what is being discussed. Looking to run voice
and data over the Sprint spectrum and keep iDEN on the Nextel spectrum. "
Why......Well we all know that the 2 biggest downfalls to the iDEN system is
Voice and Data and the 1 big downfall to Lucent is after years trying they
can not find a 2-way dispatch that will work like the iDEN system.........So
you take the best of each system and combine them and you have a perfect
system...Engineering stand point that is" The powers to be are in talks
with Lucent and Motorola and are trying to figure out how we can get the
equipment to work without any problems together. Rumor has it Motorola
already has a phone that is dual freq. capable ready to go when we are. But
another thing is the when the merger went through there are areas on both
sides that are listed as noncompete....which means they cannot go in there
and setup shop. There is already testing in certain markets of the dual
system setup and testing the new Motorola phone. No I am not in one of the
markets and no they are not letting us know where the test markets
are....only that they are testing and trying to find and solve bugs.

To those that knows my post in here, knows that I don't B.S, and who I work
for and what position I hold with that company.


"1badss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Name Wrote:
>> Sprint (NYSE: FON) and Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL) today
>> announced that they have completed their merger transaction, forming
>> Sprint Nextel Corporation. Sprint Nextel common stock will begin
>> trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, under the
>> symbol "S."
>>
>>
>>
>> iDEN planned to be operational through at least 2010 and Nextel's
>> popular walkie-talkie services continuing to deliver.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > "Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it
>> within 2
>> > yrs.
>> >> Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will
>> exist
>> > only
>> >> for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for
>> PTT.
>> >> Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Not quite- you don't piss away cellular licenses and force everybody
>> to
>> > existing frequencies- that's how you get capacity issues.
>> >
>> > The old Sprint shareholders own something like 50.9% of the new
>> company and
>> > that was done for tax reasons- it is a merger. Of the executives
>> named to
>> > date, it also appears to be an even split of old Nextel and old
>> Sprint
>> > people running the show- it is a merger.
>> >
>> > BTW- both the CEO and Chairman of the Board have both stated that the
>> iDen
>> > network will continue to operate until at least 2010 and that nobody
>> will be
>> > forced to migrate. Nextel as a brand will be around for a lot longer
>> than
>> > two years.
>> >
>> >
>
> It will be a much higher frequency, not the Sprint PCS frequecy. It
> will be in the 1.8 GHz range or higher, I cannot remember exactly.
> Nextel purchased most of the higher spectrum before the merger as a
> deal with the FCC when they had to move their existing network due to
> public saftey interference. It will run a VOIP direct connect, which
> sprint currently uses for their two way but will be much faster due to
> the higher frequency and the phone voice quality will be unmatched by
> any other carrier. Additionally the capacity of the network will be
> increase almost 100 times or more compared to what it currently is. it
> will be good for everyone, and the current nextel network will be
> operational for at least the next 5 years.
>
>
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> 1badss
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Amen....exactly the way it has been written in other documents put out
over the last few months.
It's the only logical way for Sprint/NEXTEL to have a usable system and
keep their
customers happy. Thanks for an informative post.

"1badss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> It will be a much higher frequency, not the Sprint PCS frequecy. It
> will be in the 1.8 GHz range or higher, I cannot remember exactly.
> Nextel purchased most of the higher spectrum before the merger as a
> deal with the FCC when they had to move their existing network due to
> public saftey interference.

I think you'll find that the spectrum Nextel swapped for the the 800 mHz
spectrum is in basically the same band as a lot of Sprint's. The new
company is planning on developing their data network at 2.5 gHz (maybe the
higher spectrum you were thinking of) and running it as strictly data at
that frequency.

>It will run a VOIP direct connect, which
> sprint currently uses for their two way but will be much faster due to
> the higher frequency and the phone voice quality will be unmatched by
> any other carrier. Additionally the capacity of the network will be
> increase almost 100 times or more compared to what it currently is.

Really? How do they plan to do that? Nothing even close to that has been
discussed.

Originally Posted by Scott

"1badss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> It will be a much higher frequency, not the Sprint PCS frequecy. It
> will be in the 1.8 GHz range or higher, I cannot remember exactly.
> Nextel purchased most of the higher spectrum before the merger as a
> deal with the FCC when they had to move their existing network due to
> public saftey interference.

I think you'll find that the spectrum Nextel swapped for the the 800 mHz
spectrum is in basically the same band as a lot of Sprint's. The new
company is planning on developing their data network at 2.5 gHz (maybe the
higher spectrum you were thinking of) and running it as strictly data at
that frequency.

>It will run a VOIP direct connect, which
> sprint currently uses for their two way but will be much faster due to
> the higher frequency and the phone voice quality will be unmatched by
> any other carrier. Additionally the capacity of the network will be
> increase almost 100 times or more compared to what it currently is.

Really? How do they plan to do that? Nothing even close to that has been
discussed.

you are correct, it was 2.5 GHz and both sprint and verizon both use VOIP as there two-way systems. sprints is pretty fast but not as fast as nextel and the verizon version is very slow.

"1badss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > that frequency.
> >
> > >It will run a VOIP direct connect, which
> > > sprint currently uses for their two way but will be much faster due
> > to
> > > the higher frequency and the phone voice quality will be unmatched
> > by
> > > any other carrier. Additionally the capacity of the network will be
> > > increase almost 100 times or more compared to what it currently is.
> >
> > Really? How do they plan to do that? Nothing even close to that has
> > been
> > discussed.
>
> you are correct, it was 2.5 GHz and both sprint and verizon both use
> VOIP as there two-way systems. sprints is pretty fast but not as fast
> as nextel and the verizon version is very slow.
>

Sorry- I wasn't very clear. I understand the VoIP stuff- what is this about
voice quality being unmatched and a capacity increase of 100 times? Voice
will still use the current network and the technology is not expected to
change. Having followed this merger very closely, nobody from the company
has made either one of these claims.

Scott wrote:
> "Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Sprints PCS frequencies. Nextel will go bye-bye as we know it within 2
>
> yrs.
>
>>Sprint working on 2 way radio feature called Q-talk. Nextel will exist
>
> only
>
>>for gov't agencies or corporations who wish to pay *DEARLY* for PTT.
>>Remember, it's not a merger - Sprint Aquired Nextel.
>>
>
>
> Not quite- you don't piss away cellular licenses and force everybody to
> existing frequencies- that's how you get capacity issues.

Yes, well, there's one little problem with those "cellular" frequencies.
They're not cellular. Nextel's licenses are for SMR (Specialized
Mobile Radio) and the FCC has wanted for a long time to move Nextel off
those frequencies because of the inordinate amount of complaints they're
received from law enforcement and public safet agencies, who have noted
that iDEN wreaks some serious havoc on their equipment in terms of
spurious interference.

Sprint has committed to maintaining iDEN until at least 2010. But much
sooner than that, they will need to migrate the network to another
frequency band. IIRC, the frequency swap is going to be for a chunk of
spectrum in the 2.6GHz range, if the FCC approves.


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