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  1. #1
    The Bob
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    Mr. Frostee <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
    news:[email protected]:

    > http://www.uberphones.com/
    >
    >
    > Sprint may not have had a lot of fun after it acquired Nextel in 2005,
    > and their latest move might seem like another bad move to most people.
    > It seems that they=3Fve sold off nearly all (about 3,300) of their
    > wireless communications tower to TowerCo in return for about $670
    > million in cash. According to Nextel=3Fs Bob Azzi, this move, which
    > would see them lease, rather than own these network facilities would
    > enable them to better focus on their core business, which is providing
    > communications services to consumers, businesses and government
    > customers. He added that it will also provide Sprint Nextel with
    > additional liquidity for greater flexibility in managing the company.
    > Now it=3Fs up to the public as to whether they want to believe what he
    > says, not that it matters.
    >


    It's hardly a bad move. The great majority of towers used by all US
    carriers are not owned by them.



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  2. #2
    Larry
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    Re: Sprint sells Nextel towers

    The Bob <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    > It's hardly a bad move. The great majority of towers used by all US
    > carriers are not owned by them.
    >
    >


    Hell, most of them don't even own the distribution system they're on.
    Verizon, where I live, runs on a system FCC has licensed to Cellphone
    Partners or something like that. Look up the FCC licenses in your town on
    the FCC wireless license databases to see who owns yours, probably Smiley's
    Tire and Storm Door, LLC.

    It's all a bunch of shell companies so if someone sues their sorry ass they
    can't get at the core equipment because it doesn't belong to the carrier,
    it belongs to Smiley's.




  3. #3
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: Sprint sells Nextel towers

    At 27 Jul 2008 02:16:53 +0000 Larry wrote:

    > Hell, most of them don't even own the distribution system they're on.
    > Verizon, where I live, runs on a system FCC has licensed to Cellphone
    > Partners or something like that. Look up the FCC licenses in your town

    on
    > the FCC wireless license databases to see who owns yours, probably

    Smiley's
    > Tire and Storm Door, LLC.
    >
    > It's all a bunch of shell companies so if someone sues their sorry ass

    they
    > can't get at the core equipment because it doesn't belong to the carrier,
    > it belongs to Smiley's.


    Not to poke a hole in an otherwise solid conspiracy theory, those "shell
    companies" are generally the name of the original licensor of those
    frequencies. The AT&T Mobility licenses in Kansas City still belonged to
    "Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems" last time I looked. I just assume
    there's either no good reason (or it takes an act of Congress) to change
    them.






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